Re: How to upgrade a 686 system to x86_64?

On 07/31/07 20:27, Magicloud Magiclouds wrote:
> Dear all,
>    I am using a x86_64 hardware, but I installed a 686 sid on it. Now I
> want to use x86_64 sid.
>    I installed x86_64 linux image, and booted, but all my softwares are
> still 686, so new x86_64 software can not be installed.
> 
>    How to upgrade all my softwares?

This has been asked quite a few times before.  Google is your friend.

First, hope/pray that /home is on a separate partition.

Then, pull a list of your installed packages, back-up the important
files from /etc and /usr/local, then reinstall from scratch.

(Yes, there are ways to use chroot, but reinstalling is simplest.)

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