I upgraded my main server at home from CentOS 4 to CentOS 5 last night. The upgrade from the installation DVD went OK, but when the upgrade was complete and I tried to check for software updates on the net using “yum update”, it complained about a number of package conflicts. On closer inspection I found that about 10 old packages were still present on the server, causing conflicts with newer versions. I removed the old packages and the software updater ran fine.
Now CentOS 5 is up and running, I guess I need to see what else I’ve broken along the way. I wonder how long it will be before I switch off the transparent windows and wobbly menus? 
As is always the case, it’s better to do a clean OS install rather than an upgrade, but I really couldn’t be bothered. Maybe in a few weeks I’ll blow it away and start again.
Cheers
Tim…
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You should have done a little more of Googling before upgrading.
And as far as I can see it with YUM, try #yum clean - I suppose it gets rid of all that oldies.
Also, instead of #yum update, try #yum upgrade
Posted 30 Jan 2008 at 1:30 pm ¶Hi.
I did the upgrade itself using the CD media, not yum. The yum stuff was only for the updates, post CD release. I guess the “clean” would have helped.
Cheers
Tim…
Posted 30 Jan 2008 at 2:17 pm ¶Post a Comment