Slackware 13.1slackware-13.1

Wed May 19 08:58:23 UTC 2010
Slackware 13.1 x86_64 stable is released!
Lots of thanks are due -- see the RELEASE_NOTES and the rest of the
ChangeLog for credits.  The ISOs are on their way to replication,
a 6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a dual-sided 32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD.
We are taking pre-orders now at store.slackware.com, and offering
a discount if you sign up for a subscription.  Consider picking up
a copy to help support the project.  Thanks again to the Slackware
community for testing, contributing, and generally holding us to a
high level of quality.  :-)
Enjoy!

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+Slackware 13.0 to 13.1 Upgrade HOWTO  <volkerdi@slackware.com>

+

+This document explains how to upgrade from Slackware 13.0 to Slackware 13.1.

+

+----------------------------------------------------------------------------

+

+For details of important changes from Slackware 13.0 to 13.1, see the file

+'CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT'.  Thanks to Robby Workman for help with this.

+If you have partitions in /etc/fstab named /dev/hd*, please take special

+note of the instructions for the changeover to /dev/sd* devices or your

+machine will not reboot correctly.

+

+Before you begin, I would strongly recommend making a backup of your

+system, or, if not the entire system, at least the /etc directory.  You

+might find that you need to refer to a few things after the upgrade

+process is complete. Back it up, or take your chances.

+

+OK, now that everything is safely backed up, let's proceed. :-)

+

+To do this, you'll need the Slackware 13.1 packages.  If these are on a CD,

+create a new directory to mount the CD on so that it doesn't get in the way

+during the upgrade:

+

+mkdir /packages

+mount /dev/cdrom /packages

+

+The packages don't have to be on a CD-ROM, as an alternative you could

+copy the slackware directory (the one with the various package

+subdirectories in it, basically the "slackware" or "slackware64" directory

+from the install disc) to someplace like /root/slackware/.  The important thing

+is that you know where the slackware packages directory is.  We'll use

+/root/slackware in the following examples.

+

+

+0.  Put your machine in single-user mode:

+    telinit 1

+

+    Note that this is _not_ strictly required, and there have been reports

+    of success remotely upgrading machines that are still in multiuser

+    mode.  However, more things can go wrong in multiuser, so especially

+    if you're considering a remote upgrade in multiuser mode, you might

+    want to clone the machine locally so that you can do a test run to

+    uncover any problem areas and come up with workarounds for them.

+

+

+1.  Upgrade your package utilities and related tools:

+

+    upgradepkg /root/slackware/a/pkgtools-*.tgz

+    upgradepkg /root/slackware/a/tar-*.tgz

+    installpkg /root/slackware/a/xz-*.tgz

+    upgradepkg /root/slackware/a/findutils-*.txz

+

+

+2.  Upgrade your glibc shared libraries.  This is important, or things

+    might go haywire during the next part of the upgrade:

+

+    upgradepkg /root/slackware/a/glibc-solibs-*.t?z

+

+

+3.  Upgrade everything else (and install new packages):

+

+    upgradepkg --install-new /root/slackware/*/*.t?z

+

+    If you wish to upgrade everything except for the KDEI language

+    packs for KDE (these take a lot of space and can be dealt with

+    after the main upgrade more quickly and easily), running this

+    script in the "slackware" directory will do the trick:

+

+    #!/bin/sh

+    for dir in a ap d e f k kde l n t tcl x xap y ; do

+      ( cd $dir ; upgradepkg --install-new *.t?z )

+    done

+

+

+4.  Remove obsolete packages.  The CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT file should have a

+    list of these.  You may also wish to go into /var/log/packages and take

+    a look at the package list:

+

+    ls -lt | less

+

+    You may spot some old, obsolete, or discontinued packages.  If so,

+    you can remove these using 'removepkg'.  This command will get rid of

+    the packages which became obsolete since Slackware 13.0:

+

+    removepkg bluez-libs bluez-utils cupsddk device-mapper epic4 gqview \

+      kdelibs-experimental lbxproxy libgtkhtml liblbxutil libungif \

+      libv4l loadlin mpg321 mplayerthumbs proxymngr xf86-input-citron \

+      xf86-input-elographics xf86-input-fpit xf86-input-hyperpen \

+      xf86-input-mutouch xf86-video-newport xf86-video-xgixp

+

+

+5.  Fix your config files.  Some of the config files in /etc are going to 

+    need your attention.  You'll find the new incoming config files on 

+    your system with the ".new" extension.  You may need to fill these in 

+    with information from your old config files and then move them over.

+

+    Feel brave?  You can use this little script to install most of the

+    .new config files in /etc.  If you've made any local changes you'll

+    need to add them to the newly installed files.  Your old config files

+    will be copied to *.bak.  Anyway, it might be an easier starting

+    point.  Here it is:

+

+     #!/bin/sh

+     cd /etc

+     find . -name "*.new" | while read configfile ; do

+       if [ ! "$configfile" = "./rc.d/rc.inet1.conf.new" \

+         -a ! "$configfile" = "./rc.d/rc.local.new" \

+         -a ! "$configfile" = "./group.new" \

+         -a ! "$configfile" = "./passwd.new" \

+         -a ! "$configfile" = "./shadow.new" ]; then

+         cp -a $(echo $configfile | rev | cut -f 2- -d . | rev) \

+           $(echo $configfile | rev | cut -f 2- -d . | rev).bak 2> /dev/null

+         mv $configfile $(echo $configfile | rev | cut -f 2- -d . | rev)

+       fi

+     done

+

+    You might also wish to move these config files over:

+

+    /usr/man/man.conf.new

+    /usr/share/vim/vimrc.new

+

+

+6.  If you use a non-en_US language pack for KDE and you already have it

+    installed, then you may upgrade it by moving into the slackware/kdei

+    directory and using this command:

+

+    upgradepkg --install-new k*<your KDE locale>*t?z

+

+    To have upgradepkg cycle through all of the available packages, and

+    see which ones need to be upgraded, use this in slackware/kdei:

+

+    upgradepkg *t?z

+

+    If your language has been added to KDE since Slackware 13.0, you'll

+    need to install it using installpkg, or upgradepkg --install-new.

+   

+    Typically you'll need to make sure that you have installed the

+    slackware/kdei packages for kde, koffice, and k3b (if you use those).

+

+

+7.  IMPORTANT!  *Before* attempting to reboot your system, you will need

+    to make sure that the bootloader has been updated for the new kernel!

+    First, be sure your initrd is up to date (if you use one).  If you

+    use LILO, make sure the paths in /etc/lilo.conf point to a valid

+    kernel and then type 'lilo' to reinstall LILO.  If you use a USB memory

+    stick to boot, copy the new kernel to it in place of the old one.

+

+    If you were using devices such as /dev/hda (IDE hard drive) with

+    Slackware 13.0, you will need to consider how to switch over to the

+    new /dev/sda type device names.  See CHANGES_AND_HINTS.TXT for complete

+    instructions on how to do this.  If you have not read this yet, now

+    is a great time to go look at that.  Forget about step 8 and 9 and

+    just go complete that part of the upgrade and you'll be good to go.

+

+

+8.  Return to multi-user mode:

+    telinit 3

+

+

+9.  Reboot to start using the new kernel.

+

+

+At this point you should be running Slackware 13.1.  :-)

+

+I wish everyone good luck with this!

+

+---

+Patrick Volkerding

+volkerdi@slackware.com

+