Re: [xubuntu-users] Upgrading from 32bit to 64bit use Aptik Migration Utility

2017-07-06 Thread don subscribe
The EASIEST way to do install a new system from existing is to use Aptik Migration Utility. http://www.teejeetech.in/2016/04/upgrade-to-ubuntu-1604-with-aptik.html Don On 06/29/2017 05:58 PM, GothSpark . wrote: > hi > you cannot update from 32bit to 64bit you have to install the new > system

Re: [xubuntu-users] Upgrading from 32bit to 64bit

2017-06-30 Thread Michael Höhne
Daniel Wastak wrote: > Backup ~/home/{account name} > Do a fresh install of Xubuntu 64bit > Restore the home account. > You will still need to install any apps you may have installed > on the 32bit version. > > This is the safest and easiest way to do this. You can use "Synaptic" to export the

Re: [xubuntu-users] Upgrading from 32bit to 64bit

2017-06-30 Thread Peter Flynn
On 06/30/2017 07:52 PM, Istimsak Abdulbasir wrote: > On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 5:28 PM, Peter Flynn wrote: > [snip] >> Or do I have to do a from-scratch installation (not a major >> problem, as /home is on a separate partition, and most all the >> important stuff is on SVN

Re: [xubuntu-users] Upgrading from 32bit to 64bit

2017-06-29 Thread Vinzenz Vietzke
Hi, of course you *can* do that. Here's a guide for Debian based systems: http://users.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/hobbies/debian_arch_up/index.html But - and that's a huge 'but'! - you should ask yourself if it's worth the time, headache and hassle when a simple reinstall is doable much

Re: [xubuntu-users] Upgrading from 32bit to 64bit

2017-06-29 Thread GothSpark .
hi you cannot update from 32bit to 64bit you have to install the new system from scrach 2017-06-10 17:28 GMT-04:00 Peter Flynn : > A rather odd request. I have a Dell Optiplex 745 which I rescued from > oblivion last year when an office was being cleared out. I hurriedly >

[xubuntu-users] Upgrading from 32bit to 64bit

2017-06-10 Thread Peter Flynn
A rather odd request. I have a Dell Optiplex 745 which I rescued from oblivion last year when an office was being cleared out. I hurriedly installed Xubuntu 16.04 on it and it's been fine. It now turns out that I used a USB containing the 32bit distribution instead of the 64bit, so I wanted to