From the version RC1 of Dreamlinux 2.2 Multimedia Edition was included an assistant ( Dreamlinux Upgrade Wizard ) that allows save and restore the system’s configurations. That became necessary because, after the upgrade, the graphic environment used to lose it’s original characteristics, staying with the defaul look of Debian repository packages.

The proceeding is very simple.

Start making the update of the list of repository packages using the command:

sudo apt-get update

Then open the Update Wizard that is in the Utilities folder and choose backup.







After that, click OK.

Go back to Terminal (or Synaptic, if you prefer) and do the system’s upgrade:

sudo apt-get upgrade

ATTENTION: Do not use apt-get dist-upgrade.

NOTE: In the case the system’s update failures because of a disconnection or a failure on providers, or for any other cause, restart the process with sudo apt-get upgrade.

If at the end of the download and the installation of the packages still have error messages on the terminal type:

sudo apt-get -f install

This will try to solute problems of unwell installed packages or with interrupted download.

After concluded the download and the automatic updated packages installation, restart the machine to avoid any problem.

When you come back to the graphic environment, call the Upgrade Wizard again and choose Restore. After that, click OK.

That’s it, your system is updated and keeps the same last graphic environment configurations.

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