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Re: How to upgrade a 686 system to x86_64?

From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson(at)cox.net>
Date: Wed Aug 01 2007 - 02:44:12 EDT

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On 07/31/07 20:27, Magicloud Magiclouds wrote:
> Dear all,
> I am using a x86_64 hardware, but I installed a 686 sid on it. Now I
> want to use x86_64 sid.
> I installed x86_64 linux image, and booted, but all my softwares are
> still 686, so new x86_64 software can not be installed.
>
> How to upgrade all my softwares?

This has been asked quite a few times before. Google is your friend.

First, hope/pray that /home is on a separate partition.

Then, pull a list of your installed packages, back-up the important files from /etc and /usr/local, then reinstall from scratch.

(Yes, there are ways to use chroot, but reinstalling is simplest.)

-- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA

Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!

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