Fedora Users — Re: Upgarding with Yum FC2 to FC4

its not recommended ... but I have done it .. basically you just change your source packages to the FC4 repos instead of the FC2 repos. The install deleted a lot of needed packages for xorg and gnome, so I just kept a list of the deleted packages and then installed those later on. Many of the package names changed completely so they are not viewed as a direct upgrade. So you may try to install one of those packages and you will get a message that says that package has been replaced by this package, and then you can install that package.

I wouldn't do it on a production machine, I would only try it if you were willing to wipe it out and start over if need be. Your safest way is just to start over. I had a problem upgrading from FC3 to FC4 and used the DVD. FC4 uses gcc4 and a bunch of things broke.

So be careful and back your stuff up.

On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 12:17 +0300, Ivan Ivanov wrote:

Dear Colleagues,

I have a laptop with FC2 installed on it. Is it possible to upgrade
the whole FC2 distribution to FC4 distribution using yum? If it is
possible could you please provide me some steps or pointers.

Thank you in advance.

Regards
Ivan