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.Dt SLACKWARE_UPGRADE oh
.Os Slackware |
.Nm slackware_upgrade 
.Nd upgrade process
.Sh BACKUP
.obc package_l
.It Package list Ta : Li ls -lart /var/log/packages/
.It Li /etc
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.Sh KERNEL
The kernel should not be upgraded, if there is a new kernel, this needs to be installed first, keeping the running kernel available in the lilo.conf.
.obc packages_will_be_downloaded_to__var_cache_packag
.It - Download kernel packages : Li # slackpkg download kernel
.It - select the kernel-generic and kernel-headers packages
.It - the packages will be downloaded to /var/cache/packages/
.It \ \  Li If the kernel corresponds to testing it will be /var/cache/packages/testing/packages/linux-[VERSION].x/
.It - Install the downloaded packages : Li # installpkg /var/cache/packages/[PATH_TO_KERNEL_PACKAGES]
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.Sh PACKAGES
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.oit blacklist kernels and third-party packages in /etc/slackpkg/blacklist
.obd kernel-generic.*
kernel-huge.*
kernel-modules.*
kernel-source
[0-9]+_SBo
[0-9]+alien
[0-9]+compat32
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.oit update the repository and upgrade the packages.
.D1 upgrade-all may need to be run twice if some packages are requirements for other packages.
.obd slackpkg update
slackpkg upgrade slackpkg
slackpkg upgrade aaa_glibc-solibs
slackpkg install-new
slackpkg upgrade-all
slackpkg upgrade-all
slackpkg clean-system
lilo
reboot
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.Sh CURRENT
After a clean install, the setup can be changed to follow current.
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.oit uncomment a current mirror in /etc/slackpkg/mirrors
.oit comment the release mirror (only one mirror needs to be uncommented).
.oit follow the upgrade process.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr slackware oh
.It slackware docs
.It - Lk https://docs.slackware.com/howtos:slackware_admin:systemupgrade Slackware docs - systemupgrade
.It - Lk https://docs.slackware.com/slackware:slackpkg#full_system_upgrade slack docs - slackpkg - Full system upgrade
.It - Lk https://docs.slackware.com/slackware:current Slackware docs - current
.It links
.It - Lk https://slackwiki.com/Slackware-Upgrade-HowTo Slack - wiki - Slackware-Upgrade-HowTo
.It - Lk https://blog.aktsbot.in/slackware-kernel-patch-install.html aktsbot's blog - Installing a kernel patch on slackware
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.Sh HISTORY
.obc _______
.It 2026-07-15 Ta : Translated to Spanish.
.It Ta \ \ Created.
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