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Upgrade LinHES

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h1. Upgrade LinHES
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Generally to upgrade LinHES to the latest available version just select "Upgrade LinHES" from the Service Menu or run @sudo pacman -Syu@ from the command line.  However, in some cases other methods to upgrade are required.  See below for the exceptions.






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To check the what version of LinHES you are currently running:






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*  From the MythTV Main Menu press the menu key (by default menu is mapped to the "M" key) and select "About"






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-- OR --






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*  From xterm @<ctrl> <x>@ enter @cat /etc/LinHES-release@






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h2. LinHES R8.x






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The [[Release Notes]] for each LinHES R8.x version contain specific upgrade instructions. 






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h2. LinHES R7.3






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http://forum.linhes.org/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=22664






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h2. LinHES R7.1






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h3. From LinHES R6.04.00






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If you're upgrading from LinHES R6.04.00 do the following:






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#  Make a [[Backup and Restore#Backup|backup]]






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#  Make sure @/etc/pacman.conf@ points to the current repos:






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@[core] 






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Server = http://linhes.org/repo/i686/core 






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[extra] 






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Server = http://linhes.org/repo/i686/extra@






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#  @sudo pacman -Sy linhes-scripts@






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#  The upgrade script must be run from the console or ssh






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@<ctrl><alt><f3>@ to open console and log in as root






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#  @upgrade_linhes.sh@






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If run from the console the bootsplash will appear






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@<ctrl><alt><f3>@ to return to the console






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h3. From LinHES R6.03.00 or older






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WARNING: When doing the upgrade to 6.04 you MUST run the upgrade script from an xterm on the same system.






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This is because the script forces open an xterm to monitor the mythbackend log file and then launches mythfrontend






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to complete the database restructuring. 






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If you're upgrading from a version OLDER than LinHES R6.04.00 upgrade to R6.04.00 first and then upgrade to R7.1:






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#  Make a [[Backup and Restore#Backup|backup]]






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#  Make sure @/etc/pacman.conf@ points to the R6 repos:






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Server = http://linhes.org/repo/i686/R6/core 






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Server = http://linhes.org/repo/i686/R6/extra@






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#  Exit mythfrontend and open an xterm by pressing Alt-X (not from an ssh session)






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#  @sudo pacman -Sy linhes-scripts 






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sudo upgrade_linhes.sh@






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#  Upgrade to R7.1 using the instructions above






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h2. LinHES R6.03.00






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If you're upgrading from a previous version of LinHES do the following:






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#  Make a [[Backup and Restore#Backup|backup]]






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#  Exit mythfrontend and open an xterm by pressing Alt-X (not from an ssh session)






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#  @sudo pacman -Sy linhes-scripts@






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#  @sudo upgrade_linhes.sh@






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If you're upgrading from a previous version of LinHES do the following:






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#  Make a [[Backup and Restore#Backup|backup]]






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#  Exit mythfrontend and open an xterm by pressing Alt-X






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#  @sudo pacman -Sy linhes-scripts@






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#  @sudo upgrade_to_0.22.sh@