1. Preamble

The aim of this howto is to show how you can upgrade a Frugalware-0.8 (Kalgan) system to Frugalware-0.9 (Solaria).

2. pacman-g2

Solaria comes with an improved pacman-g2, so the first step is to install it:

# pacman-g2 -Sy pacman-g2
Note
 Don't worry, this will upgrade other core packages like glibc and libarchive, too. This is expected.

3. Removing obsolete packages

Some software has been marked as obsolete in Solaria. To remove them:

# pacman-g2 -R galago-sharp
Note
 Of course if you don't have these packages (which is not the default) you can skip this step.

4. Upgrading the system

Now it's time to upgrade the system itself:

# pacman-g2 -Su

You will be asked to replace and/or remove a few packages automatically. These are normal and you are expected to answer Y to these questions (or just hit ENTER).

After this, the list of to-be-upgraded packages is displayed. Just hit enter and wait. Make some tea, it can take a while :-)

5. The reboot

Since the kernel is upgraded, too, you have to reboot your machine again.

Done!