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#Linux mint system requirements 18.3 upgrade#

It is extremely important that you pay close attention to the output of this command.

#Linux mint system requirements 18.3 upgrade#

The output shows you if the upgrade is possible, and if it is, which packages would be upgraded, installed, removed and kept back. After the simulation is finished, your original repositories are restored.

Note that this command doesn't affect your system. This command temporarily points your system to the Linux Mint 18 repositories and calculates the impact of an upgrade. Then follow the instructions on the screen. To simulate an upgrade, open a terminal and type:

#Linux mint system requirements 18.3 install#

To install the upgrade tool, open a terminal and type:

Give your terminal unlimited scrollingД¬lick on ' Edit'->' Profile Preferences'->' Scrolling'.Д¬heck the ' unlimited' option and click ' OK'.

#Linux mint system requirements 18.3 update#

Using the Update Manager, click on ' Refresh' to refresh the APT cache and apply all level 1, 2 and 3 updates.Д2. The KDE edition isn't upgradable (Linux Mint 18 KDE will use a new and different desktop called Plasma). If you are running Linux Mint 17, 17.1 or 17.2, you first need to upgrade to Linux Mint 17.3 using the Update Manager. The upgrade tool only upgrades Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon, MATE or Xfce edition. Linux Mint 17.3 Cinnamon, MATE or Xfce edition You'll need to understand if a package needs to be removed, if it blocks the upgrade, if it conflicts with another package etc etc.Д¬2. During the upgrade you'll need to understand the output of APT commands. You also need to be experienced with APT.

#Linux mint system requirements 18.3 how to#

You need to know how to type commands and read their output. Upgrading to a newer package base is not trivial and it should not be performed by novice users. To upgrade to Linux Mint 18 you need to satisfy the following requirements.Д¬1. To be safe, make a full backup of your data on an external device (USB stick or DVD). If you lose your data or you're unable to access it. If anything happens and you break your operating system, it's not a problem, it can be reinstalled. Your personal data is the most valuable thing in your computer. Thanks to this, you can try the newer release on your computer and see if your hardware is recognized without installing and before upgrading. Linux Mint comes as an ISO image which can be burnt to a DVD or a USB stick. In some cases, this could mean that upgrading to this release is the wrong decision, maybe you're better off skipping that particular release? There's only one way to know: you need to try it. For instance, you may find out that a graphic card or a wireless adapter which currently works fine for you under Linux Mint, isn't recognized by the newer version of Linux Mint you're planning to upgrade to. This means that it handles hardware differently. Did you try Linux Mint 18 on this computer?Д®ach new version of Linux Mint comes with a new kernel.

If your version of Linux Mint is still supported, and you are happy with your current system, then you don't need to upgrade.Д«2. Linux Mint 13 will be supported until 2017. Having this problem on games which have gold status on Protondb.This tutorial explains how to upgrade to Linux Mint 18. That's the exact problem I'm having as well. what ever information the group would require to help me figure this out would be greatley appreciated! also I have tryed to use launch options to no avail. also, I've checked and mesa is loaded and the default video card is currently set to the readon one. Initialize Engine Graphics failed' on Shortest Trip to Earth.

#Linux mint system requirements 18.3 drivers#

all multilibs are insalled and up to date, the issue I'm running into is the 'DX11 feature level 10.0 required to run the engine.' on Astroneer and 'Failed to initialize graphics.Make sure you have DirectX 11 installed, have up to date drivers for your graphics card and have not disabled 3D acceleration in display settings. I'm running Slackware 14+ current as of the day of this posting, my cpu is and Intel i5 6600K and GPU is an R9 390 not X version. Originally posted by jus1982b:Hello, first thanks for all the great info!, So I'm having an real odd problem with my setup and have tried many things to make it work.