{"id":4550,"date":"2023-07-18T09:56:27","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T08:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=4550"},"modified":"2023-07-18T09:56:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T08:56:27","slug":"how-to-upgrade-to-linux-mint-21-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/?p=4550","title":{"rendered":"How to upgrade to Linux Mint 21.2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It is now possible to upgrade Linux Mint 21 and 21.1 to version 21.2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’ve been waiting for this we’d like to thank you for your patience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Create a system snapshot<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can use Timeshift to make a system snapshot before the upgrade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If anything goes wrong, you can easily restore your operating system to its previous state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Launch Timeshift from the application menu, follow the instructions on the screen to configure it and create a system snapshot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Prepare for the upgrade<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you installed Cinnamon spices (applets, desklets, extensions, themes), upgrade them from the System Settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Upgrade the operating system<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upgrading to Linux Mint 21.2 is fast and easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Update Manager, click on the Refresh button to check for any new version of mintupdate or mint-upgrade-info. If there are updates for these packages, apply them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Launch the System Upgrade by clicking on “Edit->Upgrade to Linux Mint 21.2 Victoria”.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Follow the instructions on the screen.<\/p>\n\n\n

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If asked whether to keep or replace configuration files, choose to replace them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Change artwork (optional)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Linux Mint 21.2 features artwork changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We recommend you reboot your computer for all changes to properly apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To select a theme launch the “Themes” settings. The 20.2 look is available under the name “Mint-L”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Reboot the computer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once the upgrade is finished, reboot your computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commonly asked questions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • If the upgrade is not available to you, check that you have the latest versions of mintupdate (6.0.3 or higher) and mint-upgrade-info (1.2.2 or higher) and restart the Update Manager by launching it again from the applications menu.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • If the latest versions of mintupdate and mint-upgrade-info are not yet available in your mirrors, switch to the default repositories.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • This happens rarely, but if you ever got locked and were unable to log back in, switch to console with CTRL+ALT+F1, log in, and type “killall cinnamon-screensaver” (or “killall mate-screensaver” in MATE). Use CTRL+ALT+F7 or CTRL+ALT+F8 to get back to your session. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    It is now possible to upgrade Linux Mint 21 and 21.1 to version 21.2. If you’ve been waiting for this we’d like to thank you for your patience. 1. Create a system snapshot You can use Timeshift to make a system snapshot before the upgrade. If anything goes wrong, you can easily restore your operating […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4550","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\/4550","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=4550"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4553,"href":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4550\/revisions\/4553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.linuxmint.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}