How can I update Fedora 11 to Fedora 12

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now that Fedora 12 (Constantine) has been out for a week or so, I decided it's time to upgrade my Fedora 11 laptop to the new release using Yum.

 

I'm documenting this in case anyone wants to try doing the same thing.

 

Backup your data

 

Before attempting to do this, backup your important data over the network or two an external USB drive. This is incase something goes wrong and you need to format/reinstall. During the backup, take a look at these common F12 bugs to see if any might impact you.

 

Once all your data is backed up, proceed with the upgrade.

 

 

 

Get the Fedora 12 Release RPMs

 

 

Code:

[anyweb@localhost]$ wget ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/fedora/linux/releases/12/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/fedora-release-12-1.noarch.rpm
[anyweb@localhost]$ wget ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/fedora/linux/releases/12/Fedora/i386/os/Packages/fedora-release-notes-12.0.0-4.fc12.noarch.rpm

 

 

Using Yum to upgrade

 

Need to become root to run the next commands...

 

Code:

su -

 

change to the directory containing those files above and execute the following command:

 

Code:

[root@localhost fedora12]# rpm -Uvh fedora-release-12-1.noarch.rpm fedora-release-notes-12.0.0-4.fc12.noarch.rpm

 

 

then

 

Code:

yum clean all

 

 

 

then

 

Code:

yum update

 

first time around, I got some warnings about tigervnc-server

 

--> Finished Dependency Resolutiontigervnc-server-1.0.0-2.fc11.i586 from installed has depsolving problems

--> Missing Dependency: libcrypto.so.8 is needed by package tigervnc-server-1.0.0-2.fc11.i586 (installed)

tigervnc-server-1.0.0-2.fc11.i586 from installed has depsolving problems

--> Missing Dependency: libssl.so.8 is needed by package tigervnc-server-1.0.0-2.fc11.i586 (installed)

Error: Missing Dependency: libcrypto.so.8 is needed by package tigervnc-server-1.0.0-2.fc11.i586 (installed)

Error: Missing Dependency: libssl.so.8 is needed by package tigervnc-server-1.0.0-2.fc11.i586 (installed)

You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem

You could try running: package-cleanup --problems

package-cleanup --dupes

rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest

 

 

so I chose to remove the software

 

Code:

yum remove tigervnc-server

 

I ran

Code:

yum update

again and this time no warnings

 

Transaction Summary

================================================================================

Install 152 Package(s)

Upgrade 1133 Package(s)

Remove 1 Package(s)

Reinstall 0 Package(s)

Downgrade 0 Package(s)

 

Total download size: 748 M

Is this ok [y/N]:

 

I pressed Y to continue and then it downloaded 1285 updates

 

(1285/1285): zlib-1.2.3-23.fc12.i686.rpm | 69 kB 00:00 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Total 1.4 MB/s | 748 MB 09:00

 

I was now prompted to accept the new GPG keys, so had to press Y 3 times for this process

 

Importing GPG key 0x57BBCCBA "Fedora (12) <fedora@fedoraproject.org>" from /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-i386

Is this ok [y/N]: y

warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 signature: NOKEY, key ID 16ca1a56

rpmfusion-free/gpgkey | 1.7 kB 00:00

Importing GPG key 0x16CA1A56 "RPM Fusion free repository for Fedora (12) <rpmfusion-buildsys@lists.rpmfusion.org>" from /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmfusion-free-fedora-12-i386

Is this ok [y/N]: y

warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 signature: NOKEY, key ID a3a882c1

rpmfusion-nonfree/gpgkey | 1.7 kB 00:00

Importing GPG key 0xA3A882C1 "RPM Fusion nonfree repository for Fedora (12) <rpmfusion-buildsys@lists.rpmfusion.org>" from /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmfusion-nonfree-fedora-12-i386

Is this ok [y/N]: y

 

the updates finally get applied (which took some time)

 

Updating : policycoreutils-python-2.0.74-17.fc12.i686 930/2467

Updating : python-virtinst-0.500.0-5.fc12.noarch 931/2467

Updating : selinux-policy-targeted-3.6.32-46.fc12.noarch 932/2467

Updating : PackageKit-yum-plugin-0.5.4-0.4.20091029git.fc12 933/2467

Installing : media-player-info-3-1.fc12.noarch 934/2467

Updating : alacarte-0.12.4-1.fc12.noarch 935/2467

Updating : system-config-lvm-1.1.10-1.fc12.noarch 936/2467

Updating : system-config-language-1.3.3-3.fc12.noarch 937/2467

Updating : 1:xchat-2.8.6-13.fc12.i686 938/2467

Updating : baekmuk-ttf-fonts-ghostscript-2.2-22.fc12.noarch 939/2467

Updating : system-config-rootpassword-1.99.6-1.fc12.noarch 940/2467

 

 

after some hours all the files are installed or updated

 

gnome-audio.noarch 0:2.22.2-4.fc11 hal-cups-utils.i586 0:0.6.19-2.fc11

kacst-fonts.noarch 0:2.0-2.fc11

kerneloops.i586 0:0.12-5.fc11

liberation-fonts-compat.noarch 0:1.04.93-10.fc11

libudev0.i586 0:141-7.fc11

lohit-fonts-common.noarch 0:2.4.0-1.fc11

openal.i586 0:0.0.9-0.17.20060204cvs.fc11

paktype-fonts.noarch 0:2.0-3.fc11

totem-gstreamer.i586 0:2.26.4-2.fc11

udev-extras.i586 0:20090226-0.5.20090302git.fc11

un-core-fonts-batang.noarch 0:1.0.2-0.8.080608.fc11

un-core-fonts-dinaru.noarch 0:1.0.2-0.8.080608.fc11

un-core-fonts-dotum.noarch 0:1.0.2-0.8.080608.fc11

un-core-fonts-graphic.noarch 0:1.0.2-0.8.080608.fc11

un-core-fonts-gungseo.noarch 0:1.0.2-0.8.080608.fc11

un-core-fonts-pilgi.noarch 0:1.0.2-0.8.080608.fc11

xorg-x11-filesystem.noarch 0:7.3-4.fc11

 

Complete!

 

 

Reboot and Verify

 

and now it's time to reboot to let the new kernel take effect

 

after the reboot, we can check the kernel version and os version to verify that the upgrade has taken place

 

[anyweb@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release Fedora release 12 (Constantine)

[anyweb@localhost ~]$ uname -a

Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686 #1 SMP Sat Nov 7 21:41:45 EST 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

[anyweb@localhost ~]$

 

Double-check that we don't need any more updates

 

[root@localhost ~]# yum -y updateLoaded plugins: dellsysidplugin2, refresh-packagekit

Setting up Update Process

No Packages marked for Update

[root@localhost ~]#

 

and that's it, Fedora 12 is now installed !!

 

 

 

 

Some Screenshots

 

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