Upgrading Linux Mint: How the process works

Linux Mint is one of the most popular Linux distributions, along with Ubuntu, and can usually be kept up-to-date fairly easily. Linux, unlike Windows, is updated less regularly, but gets a new version much more often and therefore often needs to be reinstalled.

Upgrading Linux Mint: How to proceed now

In the meantime, to upgrade Linux, you need a special tool, but you can download and install it very easily from the console.

1. Start the terminal on your Linux system and use the command [apt install mintupgrade]. First, however, check with the command [mintupgrade check] whether the requirements for the software are met on the computer.
2. Also make sure that there is currently still at least 8 GB of space on your hard drive, otherwise the operating system can not be installed.
3. If all preparations are successful, switch to the terminal again and download the latest version of Linux using the command [mintupgrade download].
4. Then use the command [mintupgrade upgrade] to install the downloaded image.

Linux Mint upgrade: So klappt es auf früheren Versionen

1. Erst seit ein paar Versionen sind Sie auf das Terminal zum Upgraden angewiesen.
2. In früheren Versionen konnten Sie in die Aktualisierungsverwaltung wechseln und dort unter „Bearbeiten“ die Option „System aktualisieren auf …“ anwählen.
3. Wenn Ihre Linux-Version noch vor Linux Mint 18 Sahra ist, können Sie diesen Weg zum Updaten nutzen.