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Old 02-19-2008, 12:50 PM
Mark Hill
 
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Default Re: Flame the noob time - How to upgrade

On Sat, 26 Jun 2004 22:27:50 +0000,
Eugene <nospam@columbus.rr.com> wrote:

> If I'm running 9.1 can I just upgrade in place or
> do I have to do a new install of 10?


You can upgrade in place if you want. See UPGRADE.TXT on your favourite
Slackware mirror.

> I see some talking about just using Swaret to upgrade all the packages
> but others say it won't find any new packages added to 10.


AFAIK, it will (although I've never used swaret.) It might not upgrade
the X packages however (due to the name change from XFree to X11). You
can use removepkg and installpkg to fix this.

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