![]() ![]() If that happens, you may try to reinstall it later. Doing that may cause third party software to be removed during upgrade. Before upgrading, we are going to remove all third party repositories. You should not use third party repositories during upgrade. If the computer is one that should not be down for long (a server, for example), consider backing up the entire system, so you will be able to restore it immediately if something does not work as expected. Anyway, it never hurts to make a backup of your personal files as a precaution, especially if the /home directory is not on a dedicated partition. I myself have been using openSUSE for some years now, and always have upgraded from one release to the next without a problem. Something may go wrong during upgrade, although it is difficult, especially if you act cautiosly. Winning the lottery is difficult, but eventually someone wins. Even though upgrading openSUSE is a safe procedure (that resembles upgrading Debian, for those who know it), it is not perfect. ![]() Take a look at the release notes, which list changes and glitches in the new release. You should read about the openSUSE Leap release you are going to install. For more information about those differences and how to update openSUSE Leap, please read: Here, you are going to see how to upgrade, but you may need to update first. There are differences between upgrading and updating. Your openSUSE Leap installation must be up to date with the latest updates for the release you are currently running. So if you use openSUSE Leap 15.1 now, for example, you should first upgrade to 15.2, and then to 15.3. It may work, but that is not guaranteeded. Hopping over one or more releases is not supported. It means that if you want to upgrade to 15.3, now you must be using 15.2. You must be using the immediately previous openSUSE Leap release. It is always good to remember the following recommendations. Upgrading openSUSE is a safe procedure, which should work for most cases, but requires some cautions. Note: not to be repetitive, what I say about openSUSE Leap applies to both distributions, when I mention Linux Kamarada I’m talking specifically about it. In this post, you are going to see how to upgrade openSUSE Leap and Linux Kamarada from 15.2 to 15.3. Linux Kamarada and openSUSE Leap: how to upgrade from 15.1 to 15.2.How to upgrade from openSUSE Leap 15.0 to 15.1.There was no how-to showing how to upgrade from 42.3 to 15.0. ![]() ![]()
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