On Sept. 21st, Kaare Olsen wrote: > > okay... I think I now have figured out why the system refuses to > > install amd64 packages, perferring the i386 packages: it still thinks > > it's an i386 system. > > In addition to what Len Sorensen said on a doing a fresh install, here's > how I've successfully "upgraded" a couple of i386 systems to the amd64 > port without having to set everything up again. > > Beware, the following general steps are from memory: > > - Run "dpkg --get-selections > my_installed_packages" on your current > i386 system. > > - Store /etc/*, /home/*, /var/log/*, /var/www/*, and whatever else you > want to keep (don't forget the newly created my_installed_packages file) > in a safe place, e.g. on another drive where you can get at them from a > fresh installation. > > - Check again that you haven't forgotten anything important on your > current system. > > - Install sarge using a netinst CD image; i.e. the fresh install Len > Sorensen mentioned. > > - When the fresh install is finished, copy the my_installed_packages > file to the system. > > - Remove architecture dependant packages from your my_installed_packages > file (e.g. kernel-image, linux-image, alsa-modules ...). Apt may refuse > to install them, however, so this step may be unnecessary. > > - Run "dpkg --set-selections < my_installed_packages" to mark your > previously installed packages for installation. > > - Run e.g. "apt-get update ; apt-get upgrade" (possibly also "apt-get > dist-upgrade). Aptitude may do a better job of this.
and a little apt-get dselect-upgrade :-) http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/quick-reference/ch-package.en.html this techniques works really great but expect that a few packages will remain unavailable in the new arch (amd64) which is not problematic at all 'still, from time to time re-run the dselect-upgrade and you might find that yet another package has found it's way to AMD64 lately there was valgrind and qemu few more to come very soon... -- Cyril Chaboisseau -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
