Fedora 22 upgrade from Fedora 21 using Fedup
Abstract: reboot your machine. # reboot Now you could see the System Upgrade (fedup) in the grub boot menureboot your system # reboot Now install fedup utility
Fedora 22 has been released on 26-05-2015, you may now looking upgrade option for Fedora 21. This guide will help you to upgrade Fedora 21 Server/Workstation/Cloud to Fedora 22 Server/Workstation/Cloud.
Note: Before going ahead, it is recommended to take a backup of important files and configuration; this will help us restoring the system back to its previous state.
Switch to root user
$ su
Now update your Fedora 21 to its latest available patch versions.
# yum update
Once done, reboot your system
# reboot
Now install fedup utility and fedora release package.
# yum install fedup fedora-release
Now upgrade Fedora using following command.
# fedup --network 22
Once the packages are install, reboot your machine.
# reboot
Now you could see the System Upgrade (fedup) in the grub boot menu, system will automatically boot into that upgrade menu.
Fedora 22 Upgrade-Grub MenuFollowing screen shows the upgdradation is in progress.
Fedora 22 Upgrade-UpgradingIf you press Esc button, you would see what is going on background.
Fedora 22 Upgrade – Background UpgrdationOnce the system is upgraded, you would see Fedora 22 in grub menu.
Fedora 22 Upgrade – Upgrade Complete Grub MenuThe following screen shows the login page of Fedora Server 22.
Fedora Server 22 Installation – Login Screen Post Install:Rebuild RPM DB to prevent checksum error.
# rpm --rebuilddb
Run distro sync
# dnf distro-sync --setopt=deltarpm=0
Use rpmconf tool to search for .rpmnew, .rpmsave and .rpmorig files, you will asked to do Keep current version, place back old version, watch the diff or merge.
# dnf install rpmconf # rpmconf -a
Incase you have a google chrome installed on system, recommend you to remove and then install it again.
That’s All!!!.