OpenSUSE Upgrade Procedure

[thehemi]

I have a box running OSS 10.0. What's the upgrade procedure?
It's a simple 'yum upgrade' in CentOS. Is there a similar tool for
OpenSUSE to do this? I do not see an option when I use YaST.

[tampa]

I´m not using OpenSuse, but all people who tried out an upgrade said that it´s better to do a new installation. But I think there´s an option on the Installations-CD´s. So you have to download the new Version on CD´s. But I´m not using SUSE

[thehemi]

Even a subversion 10.x to 10.y upgrade is not recommended?

[tampa]

I wouldn´t do it

[thehemi]

I went from OSS 10.2 to OSS 10.3 with the only problem being my
wireless driver getting hosed. But it was a weird ndiswrapper deal
that wasn't "factory" anyways, so that's not surprising. I did this
via the DVD though, I'd love to figure out how to upgrade by CLI...

[gogalthorp]

You can do a full install but select only the root / partition to install to (ie overwrite the root) leave your home partition alone. The options will be there when the installer asks you about what partitions you want to install to. This will then install the OS stuff but leave your personal files alone.

You will need to reinstall any special programs that you might use, like video drivers VMware etc

Note because of changes to the GUI's you may need to delete the .KDE and/or the .gnome directories to allow the GUI to reinitialize itself. If you have real problems then create a new user account and move any personal files over from your old account remembering to change the ownership!

Good luck

[Kuriouskat]

I see that you're going from 10.0 to 10.3. While it can be done PLEASE! believe me, when I tell you Do a clean install!! A lot has changed from 10.0 to 10.3. So much that to do as upgrade like I think you're thinking would beFarrrrrr more trouble than it'd be worth. Just back up your stuff on CDs, USBs,whatever you use for backup. Then do a clean install it is the best way if you don't you'll likely end up doing one anyway. One thing Suse did teach me & ubuntu too always if you're going up or down with a version do it clean!!!

[daark.child]

As others have said, a clean install is probably best. You can however, change your installation repositories so that they point to the ones for openSUSE 10.3. After that go to YAST -> Software Management -> Filter -> Package Groups -> zzzAll -> Right click on one of the packages on the right panel -> All In this list -> Update if newer version is available.

This has worked for me before in the past, but you may end up spending a lot of time dealing with dependency issues.

[bigtomrodney]

There were a few structural changes to SUSE, especially with the boot process and the package manager. In fact it's a whole new manager altogether so while you might get away with an upgrade you'll most likely miss out on a lot of the good stuff.

Plus Gnome and KDE have changed a good bit too