2013-01-30, 18:03
First Off awesome Job!
With the XBMC team going to xbmcbuntu as the 'official' version with eden I expected not to see things such as:
What Might Break
Updating XBMC itself seems pretty straight forward:
sudo apt-get install ppa-purge python-software-properties pkg-config
sudo ppa-purge ppa:whatever-ppa-you-have-now
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xbmc
or going from a prior Frodo RC candidate
But the linux OS is not updated - and I'm guessing maybe this is why some things might break:
To actually update "XBMCbuntu" for Frodo, which is a full package, then you're pretty much looking at a fresh install if you wish to upgrade the underlying Linux. The OS changed from Lubuntu 11.10 to Lubuntu 12.04. It is possible (in order to preserve systems tweaks) to just update XBMC itself by treating it as a normal Linux install and going to:
I'm wondering why I see nothing for updating the OS and XBMC via a Distribution update path?
Such as:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
So I'm wondering:
If anyone has tried this standard upgrade path?
And why it WOULD NOT be in WIKI anywhere?
Instead it seems to say just wipe out your old install and reinstall the ISO?
With the XBMC team going to xbmcbuntu as the 'official' version with eden I expected not to see things such as:
What Might Break
Updating XBMC itself seems pretty straight forward:
sudo apt-get install ppa-purge python-software-properties pkg-config
sudo ppa-purge ppa:whatever-ppa-you-have-now
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xbmc
or going from a prior Frodo RC candidate
But the linux OS is not updated - and I'm guessing maybe this is why some things might break:
To actually update "XBMCbuntu" for Frodo, which is a full package, then you're pretty much looking at a fresh install if you wish to upgrade the underlying Linux. The OS changed from Lubuntu 11.10 to Lubuntu 12.04. It is possible (in order to preserve systems tweaks) to just update XBMC itself by treating it as a normal Linux install and going to:
I'm wondering why I see nothing for updating the OS and XBMC via a Distribution update path?
Such as:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
So I'm wondering:
If anyone has tried this standard upgrade path?
And why it WOULD NOT be in WIKI anywhere?
Instead it seems to say just wipe out your old install and reinstall the ISO?