{"id":2170,"date":"2012-09-17T06:21:36","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T10:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=2170"},"modified":"2012-09-17T09:30:15","modified_gmt":"2012-09-17T13:30:15","slug":"lmde-update-pack-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=2170","title":{"rendered":"LMDE Update Pack 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Current Status<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is not safe to upgrade any package unless your mirror points to UP5\n<ul>\n<li>Here is the current status of the LMDE mirrors:\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\">debian.linuxmint.com (USA): UP5<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\">http:\/\/debian.lth.se (Sweden): UP5<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">http:\/\/mirror.rts-informatique.fr (France): UP5<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>To change which mirror you&#8217;re pointing to:\n<ul>\n<li>make sure &#8220;mint-debian-mirrors&#8221; is installed<\/li>\n<li>open a terminal and run the following command: mint-choose-debian-mirror<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Make sure to read\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/debian.linuxmint.com\/latest\/update-pack.html\">http:\/\/debian.linuxmint.com\/latest\/update-pack.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>If you experience issues or if you\u2019re going through the update at the moment, don\u2019t hesitate to connect to the IRC chatroom (irc.spotchat.org, #linuxmint-debian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Introduction<\/h2>\n<p>Update Pack 5 was released as the \u201clatest\u201d update pack today. <strong>If you\u2019re not using Linux Mint Debian, please ignore this post.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Using the Update Manager<\/h2>\n<h3>\u2026 to update itself<\/h3>\n<p>The Update Manager always updates itself before other packages. If you see an update for \u201c<strong>mintupdate-debian<\/strong>\u201c, accept it and wait for the Update Manager to restart itself.<\/p>\n<h3>\u2026 to check your APT sources<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Click on the \u201cUpdate Pack Info\u201d button<\/li>\n<li>Make sure \u201cYour system configuration\u201d shows up as green and doesn\u2019t show any warnings or errors<\/li>\n<li>If you see a warning or an error, follow the instructions given and repeat the process until they\u2019re gone.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>\u2026 to know more about Update Pack 5<\/h3>\n<p>In the \u201cUpdate Pack Info\u201d window, make sure to read all the information related to Update Pack 5. Some of it might be irrelevant to you, but it will only take you a minute and it might you save you hours.<\/p>\n<h3>\u2026 to upgrade to Update Pack 5<\/h3>\n<p>When you\u2019re ready and you know all that there is to know, press the \u201cInstall Updates\u201d button.<\/p>\n<p>During the update you\u2019ll be asked a few things. One is quite important.. the new kernel will ask you where to install Grub. Answer with the location of your current Grub menu (which on most systems is \u201c<strong>\/dev\/sda<\/strong>\u201c).<\/p>\n<h2>FAQ<\/h2>\n<p>Will LMDE get new ISO images with Update Pack 5?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, in the coming weeks\/months, the following editions will be released either with Update Pack 5 or Update Pack 6 (depending on whether UP6 is a quick\/short follow-up update-pack or not):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cinnamon<\/li>\n<li>MATE<\/li>\n<li>Xfce<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current Status It is not safe to upgrade any package unless your mirror points to UP5 Here is the current status of the LMDE mirrors: debian.linuxmint.com (USA): UP5 http:\/\/debian.lth.se (Sweden): UP5 http:\/\/mirror.rts-informatique.fr (France): UP5 To change which mirror you&#8217;re pointing to: make sure &#8220;mint-debian-mirrors&#8221; is installed open a terminal and run the following command: mint-choose-debian-mirror [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main-topics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2170"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2174,"href":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2170\/revisions\/2174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}