From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 4 16:37:43 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8118B37B408 for ; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 16:37:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from kruij557.speed.planet.nl (ipd50a97ba.speed.planet.nl [213.10.151.186]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5A36440EE for ; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 16:32:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl) Received: from cybertron.kruijff ([192.168.31.50]) by kruij557.speed.planet.nl (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h150Uwet009194; Wed, 5 Feb 2003 01:30:58 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl) Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 01:30:46 +0100 From: Alex X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.62 Christmas Edition) Personal Reply-To: Alex X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <15630327468.20030205013046@dds.nl> To: "Joseph R. Tanner" (by way of Joseph R. Tanner ) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to upgrade... In-Reply-To: <200302041805.01607.jtbsd@comcast.net> References: <200302041805.01607.jtbsd@comcast.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Dear/Beste Joseph, Wednesday, February 5, 2003, 12:05:01 AM, you wrote: > Hello, I am just beginning with the FreeBSD operating system, I have the KDE > GUI installed and I noticed that my version is 3.0 and there is a 3.1 out, I > noticed on their site that I can download the 3.1 source, but will that then > upgrade to 3.1 or install over my 3.0? First, it is best to use on of the two FreeBSD install/update systems. (You are looking for the ports /usr/ports) You also need to read the CVS paragraph of the handbook, available at the website. Secondly, it mostly safe to install (update) over your old version, since the configurations are normally kept as the are. There are exceptions to this. So if you are unsure, back up you stuff before trying. Thirtly, the tool portupgrade (named after the port sysutil/upgrade) is a real *must*. It is an effort to minimize problems with the port system. -- Best regards/Met vriendelijke groet, Alex To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message