[WARNING: TEST RIGS ONLY] How to upgrade today from 19 Tara to 19.1 Tessa

[all41]

I had zero issues following these instructions.
Thanks for providing

[MurphCID]

THIS IS RATHER HIGH-RISK AND SO FOR TEST MACHINES ONLY:

This is how to upgrade today from Linux Mint 19 Tara, to the bèta of 19.1 Tessa:

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sudo sed -i 's/tara/tessa/g' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list

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sudo apt-get update

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sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Reboot.

Tested successfully on two of my test rigs.

Reason for posting: premature upgrade how-to's always pop up long before the official upgrade path is being made available. So I thought it might be a good idea to forestall them with a how-to that warns clearly about the risks.

Thank you very much.

[MurphCID]

I did it, and it works (mostly), the only issue I have is desktop icons take 1 second or longer to open (much longer than in 19), and HTOP will not open at all from the desktop. I uninstalled and re-installed HTOP and still it will not open from the desktop icon. I have to open up the menu to get it to work.

[gm10]

I did it,

Considering there's an official upgrade path now you should rather use that.

[MurphCID]

I did it,

Considering there's an official upgrade path now you should rather use that.

That is what I did, I did not early adopt, I used the official upgrade path.

[gm10]

Then you're in the wrong thread. (should probably be closed)

[Lemonjuice]

I have upgraded mine and there were no problems at all, it's all working fine.
There isn't an official upgrade path, the only official option is a fresh install from a DVD image. The OP's tutorial works perfectly

[redlined]

I have upgraded mine and there were no problems at all, it's all working fine.
There isn't an official upgrade path, the only official option is a fresh install from a DVD image. The OP's tutorial works perfectly

as of 20 December, and less than 24hours after LM19.1 was released offically on the 19th, Clem announced How to upgrade to Linux Mint 19.1.

In that forum thread is link* to the "official upgrade path" (Clem being an "Official" to recognize informing us of this)

*link points to this page: https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3715

Hope this helps!

(gm10, I second the motion to close this thread, all it needed was update info pointing to official upgrade path;)