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If I'm running LM 14 Xfce, can I actually do an in place upgrade to KDE or would it have to be a new install?


Greg

It's just a matter of installing the kde desktop meta package from software manager
It's not an upgrade, you are just installing additional software

caf4926 wrote:It's just a matter of installing the kde desktop meta package from software manager
It's not an upgrade, you are just installing additional software

I should add though
I much prefer kde installed clean with the kde DVD

OK...so if I have drive 1 that is sytem/boot etc
drive 2 that is just home
and drive 3 that is a data drive

could I just install KDE clean from the DVD and point it at drive 1 for sys and boot new install and point it at drive 2 for my home directory with no changes to data when it installs?

Thanks so much in advance

gregr1969 wrote:OK...so if I have drive 1 that is sytem/boot etc
drive 2 that is just home
and drive 3 that is a data drive

could I just install KDE clean from the DVD and point it at drive 1 for sys and boot new install and point it at drive 2 for my home directory with no changes to data when it installs?

Thanks so much in advance

Correct
Just be sure not to set /home for format. But you must set the mount point /home
see: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/10573557/Mint_ ... deshow.mkv

Be sure you use exactly the same username to access your data in /home
or might think it all got nuked

thanks Tony

Got it sorted now. Just have the ubiquitous Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda' failed. Fatal Error. problem now

gregr1969 wrote:thanks Tony

Got it sorted now. Just have the ubiquitous Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda' failed. Fatal Error. problem now

You need to tell us more about what exactly you have done.
What HD's and partitions... etc.....