what should I deinstall before FC2->FC4 upgrade?

Rahul Sundaram sundaram at redhat.com
Thu Jul 14 17:36:00 UTC 2005


Jack Howarth wrote:

>    I am about to upgrade a Xeon workstation with FC2 installed
>on a set of software RAID-1 partitions to FC4. Does anyone have
>any pointers on what rpms I might want to deinstall first to
>prevent glitches in the upgrade? So far I have deinstalled the
>Sun java rpms since I know these aren't installable under FC4.
>I also have deinstalled the firefox 1.0.5 rpm I have installed.
>Lastly I will revert the graphics drivers back to the stock
>radeon ones and deinstall the fglrx rpm before the upgrade.
>I am still a tad worried as I don't know how anaconda responds
>during an upgrade if it finds a package installed which has
>conflicting file ownership (like fglrx does hence my decision
>to deinstall it). Thanks in advance for any advice.
>            Jack
>  
>
Upgradation seems to be a FAQ. I have added some general guidelines here 
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrades.

regards
Rahul




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