Comments on: Howto: Fresh Ubuntu Install Without Losing Your Current Settings

By: trex9016

trex9016 — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:31:51 +0000

Be aware that you have to be careful restoring /home specially all those gnome hidden directories

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Wed, 27 May 2009 05:28:56 +0000

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By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 06 May 2009 11:03:21 +0000

One suggestion from the ubuntu wiki I originally found the advice
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FeistyUpgrade...
dpkg –get-selections | grep -v deinstall > filename
simply removes the 'deinstall' entries though it's unclear how important that is as no-one here looks as though they have had difficulty
it looks as though “aptitude update” “sudo dpkg –set-selections < filename” “sudo dselect” is a possible substitution for “sudo dpkg –set-selections < filename” “apt-get dselect upgrade”
I may as well rewrite those commands here in case that page is cleared up

By: gritty

gritty — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:31:05 +0000

sudo dpkg –set-selections < package.selections && sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade

By: bossmanbeta (bossmanbeta)

bossmanbeta (bossmanbeta) — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:37:02 +0000

How to install #Ubuntu fresh **and keep** your installed apps as well as your desktop/apps configuration: http://tinyurl.com/58alep

By: joe

joe — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:21:33 +0000

( Home in its own partition ) This is how 90 percent of real linux distros do it and have done it for years just for that reason. ubumtu is just a crappy fanboy os, trying to do things the easy way, not really the right way.

I take it you have never really ran linux or have no clue about linux and what it really is.

By: joserojas (Jose Rojas)

joserojas (Jose Rojas) — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 22:09:56 +0000

[enlace de utilidad] Cómo actualizar tu distribución de Ubuntu sin perder tus datos ni programas.. http://bit.ly/HAGr

By: flip

flip — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:03:44 +0000

Boo, could you explain that a little more? I was following Rami’s explanation pretty well until I got to your suggestion.

I take it you are suggesting that you have a separate partition in your new install for /home so you can reinstall again in the future without disturbing it?

If that is right, how is it done? I assume the rest of Ubuntu needs to know where it is.

Thanks,

phil

By: Intrepid Ibex is a Beauty

Intrepid Ibex is a Beauty — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:41:38 +0000

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By: David.R.Gilson » Blog Archive » Bookmarks for November 13th through November 18th

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:54:04 +0000

[...] Howto: Fresh Ubuntu Install Without Losing Your Current Settings – A clean install or an upgrade? That’s a question that keeps tossed around every new Ubuntu release. Common wisdom would suggest that a clean install would probably be better, however the inconvenience of losing current installed apps and configuration makes most of us shy away from this path. But what if I told you that you could have the good of both worlds? A fresh install and keeping your apps and configuration intact? [...]