Tom Nielsen wrote:
What's the difference between an installation and update? An installation replaces everything. An update keeps all user files and attempts to keep all configuration setttings. I presume updates work best when you haven't installed your own versions of software. I looked into doing an installation and found that I still had dependency problems. I don't mind dumping all of my current KDE and going to the version on the CDs, but how would I do that?
Can I do a fresh install and keep my network connections, shortcuts, etc? No and yes. A fresh install will remove all your network connections, etc.; so you will lose them. But, you can back up /etc and /home to CD and save most of these. I used # tar zxcf /tmp/home.tar.gz /home etc., and then wrote to CD for the 8.0 to 8.2 upgrade. It took about 1/2 hour to configure 8.2, using the settings on the CD as a guide. I copied back many of my old settings from /home and all my old files to 8.2.
I once tried an update, but couldn't get it to work. I found this easier.
Thanks for helping an idiot. Idiots don't ask questions.
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