[xubuntu-users] Upgrading from 32bit to 64bit

[Daniel Wastak]

Backup ~/home/{account name}
Do a fresh install of Xubuntu 64bit
Restore the home account.
You will still need to install any apps you may have installed
on the 32bit version.

This is the safest and easiest way to do this.


On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 2:52 PM, Istimsak Abdulbasir <saqman2060 at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 5:28 PM, Peter Flynn <peter at silmaril.ie> wrote:
>
>> A rather odd request. I have a Dell Optiplex 745 which I rescued from
>> oblivion last year when an office was being cleared out. I hurriedly
>> installed Xubuntu 16.04 on it and it's been fine.
>>
>> It now turns out that I used a USB containing the 32bit distribution
>> instead of the 64bit, so I wanted to know if there is a way to "upgrade"
>> in place from a 32bit 16.04 to 64bit 16.04
>>
>> The 745 runs a 64bit processor and architecture, from what I have been
>> able to determine (at least, it boots from the 64bit ISO on a USB stick,
>> and everything seems to run OK).
>>
>> Or do I have to do a from-scratch installation (not a major problem, as
>> /home is on a separate partition, and most all the important stuff is on
>> SVN repos).
>>
>> ///Peter
>>
>>
> You would be better off reinstalling your system using a 64bit distro.
> There has been talk about a successful upgrade from a 32bit core to a 64bit
> one. Yet that procedure is not fail-proof and might require you to compile
> your own kernel.
>
> Debian has a procedure for this particular activity. I suggest, set aside
> a 24hour day to preform these steps. https://wiki.debian.
> org/Migrate32To64Bit. Yet this is a debian procedure designed for debian
> systems. I still wouldn't try it.
>
>
> You be better off backing up any critical files you have (docs, scripts,
> config files) and reinstalling a 64bit distro
>
> Istimsak
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