Re: Upgrading the system and installing Gambas from binary packages

[gbWilly <gbWilly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Monday, November 24th, 2025 at 16:46, Gianluigi <gradobag@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Benoit, gbWilly, Lee
> 
> The wiki is missing a warning that when automatically upgrading to a
> later system version, you must delete the old Gambas and additional
> repositories, then reinstall everything following the instructions for
> the new system version.
> 
> Regards
> Gianluigi

No you don't, you simply change the source to point to the newer distribution before you do a distro update (like from jammy to noble for example).

Distro updates mainly comes down to:
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get full-upgrade
apt-get autoremove
reboot

Next prepare the system for the actual distro upgrade by:
Edit all source references to point to the new distro (so gambas source reference included if installed from OSB for example)

Next do:
apt-get update
apt upgrade --without-new-pkgs (minimal upgrade -> advised)
apt-get full-upgrade
reboot

Your system should reboot with your gambas3 upgraded
Where in that process do you see gambas being removed (provided you installed from repository)?


gbWilly

GambOS
Gambas3 for Debian/Ubuntu

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