Hi there. I’m thinking about to install new Mercury. Is there option to just upgrade to the new version? If not, what is the best (fastest way) to create a backup list of my apps, that I can after easily put back to the Mercury?
I’m not a pro, maybe a pro noob instead in the world of Linux.
the new Release is only effecting new installs … we do only release a new installer fixing things and may adding options and stuff. Installed System is updated as usual on a rolling release and will be the same.
That`s also always mentioned in the release note:
The changes described over here are affecting new installs, our Calamares installer, and the Live environment on the ISO only. Running systems don’t have to “upgrade” to Mercury, if you update regularly your system is fine.
https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/our-new-release-is-here-meet-mercury
It’s a rolling release distro so if you open a terminal and run a regular package update using Pacman you should be at the same level as everyone else.
You don’t need to do anything unusual to upgrade. Just type yay in the terminal, and it will upgrade everything for you!
I have a honest question to ask, and I mean that question completely without offense: How come that you install an Arch based Linux Distribution without knowing how this Distribution does updates?
Again: This is not against you, this question gets asked seveal times a year and I just don’t get it.
Hi. It’s ok. I understand You. I’m doing updates reguraly. I just have a doubt with the funcionality of the “low” system parts of EOS. Or on the simple way, my answer is: “I like to ask, and be sure about my little doubts”.
BTW, I’d recommend using program eos-update for updating the system.
It has useful features on top of pacman.
See details with command
eos-update -h
Useful options depending on the software you use might be
--nvidia # if you have Nvidia GPU and nvidia driver
--aur # if you have AUR packages installed
for a full list of the packages that are on your system you can run this command
pacman -Qq
saving this to a package list can help you reinstall later
pacman -Qq > Packages.txt
Note when reinstalling from this list you will either need to use yay(or aur helper of choice) if you have AUR packages as pacman wont install those and will exit with error.
You can read more about pacman
man pacman or the arch wiki
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman
Thx manuel.
It has useful features on top of pacman.
These little things i like
I have nvidia, and mostly using aur. Is a good idea to mix aur and pacman instalations?
I’d recommend preferring native (=official) packages over AUR packages when possible.
AUR packages have no official support. Anyone can create them, so you use them at your own risk.
Having said that, most AUR packages are still safe to use. But it is a good idea to make sure the AUR package you install is safe. If you are not sure, come to this forum and ask.
Thx manuel,
im doind first aur xyz, and than looking for package, and than instaling with aur -S xyz.
Is it good?
Not exactly sure what you are asking, but if you want to look for AUR packages, use e.g.
yay -Ss <words-that-describe-the-package>
To install something you found, do
yay -S <package-name>
I’d suggest you read the following:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Pacman/Rosetta
and run commands to see manual pages;
man pacman
man yay
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