Dist Upgrade
Please upgrade sequentially, for example, if you are on latest on release 30, upgrade to 31 and then to 32. The first 2 weeks of a release you can do a N-2 upgrade but its not supported and should be avoided.
- As of now you can sequentially upgrade from Release 21 to 32 without issues.
- During step 4 you will be presented with any packages that cannot be upgraded, do NOT skip-broken, remove the packages and then re run step 4.
- Python 2.7 is now(r31) provided with package python27, you will need to update your scripts to use the new binary (#!/usr/bin/python2.7).
sudo dnf install python27
- Extensions are now(r31) managed from a new application you need to install :
sudo dnf install gnome-extensions-app
- EarlyOOM is enabled by default on r31
Step 1: Upgrade current
You will need to upgrade all packages to current, important to update the kernel to the latest in the current release and reboot.
sudo dnf upgrade --refresh
Step 2: reboot
Reboot to make sure you are on the latest kernel.
Step 3: in place upgrade plugin
sudo dnf install dnf-plugin-system-upgrade
Step 4: Download packages
The following will download all the necessary packages and make sure it keeps them cached:
sudo dnf system-upgrade download --setopt=keepcache=1 --releasever=32
Step 5: Upgrade
The following will reboot automatically and upgrade the current installation:
sudo dnf system-upgrade reboot
Post Upgrade
Before any of the following use:
sudo dnf update
Clean up metadata
sudo dnf system-upgrade clean
Remove cached packages
sudo dnf clean packages
Broken Dependencies
sudo dnf repoquery --unsatisfied
Remove Duplicates (multiple versions)
sudo dnf repoquery --duplicates