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--- linux:dev1_1install [2026/01/09 20:24] – [Minimal Desktop Installation] azman
+++ linux:dev1_1install [2026/01/09 20:31] (current) – [Devuan upgrade (chimaera to daedalus)] azman
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 $ update-initramfs -u -k all</code>
   * i prefer all-lowercase path names<code>
-$ cd /etc ; vi xdg/user-dirs.defaults ; cd - &2>/dev/null</code>
+$ cd /etc ; vi xdg/user-dirs.defaults ; cd - >/dev/null</code>
   * setup locale<code>
 $ apt install locales
-$ cd /etc ; echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 >>locale.gen" ; cd - &2>/dev/null
+$ cd /etc ; echo "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8 >>locale.gen" ; cd - >/dev/null
 $ locale-gen</code>
+  * setup grub<code>
+$ apt install grub-efi-amd64
+$ grub-install /dev/sda
+$ update-grub</code>
+  * run efibootmgr to make sure<code>$ efibootmgr</code>
+  * edit fstab<code>cd /etc ; vi fstab ; cd - >/dev/null</code>
+  * setup root password<code>$ passwd</code>
+  * change hostname<code>$ cd /etc ; vi hostname ; cd - >/dev/null</code>
+  * reboot
+//**Note:** I got to Cinnamon Desktop and everything looks ok - BUT, I simply cannot run gnome-terminal! Well, I can if i run ''dbus-update-activation-environment'' first. So, I missed something coz when I reinstalled using the full dvd, everything works fine.//
+//work in progress...//
+===== Devuan upgrade (chimaera to daedalus) =====
+Personal note - basically from devuan.org.
+<file text devuan_upgrade.txt>
+upgrade chimaera to daedalus (from devuan.org)
+- update/upgrade chimaera
+$ apt update
+$ apt upgrade
+- update apt sources.list
+$ cd /etc ; sed -i 's/chimaera/daedalus/g'  apt/sources.list ; cd - >/dev/null
+- update pkg list from daedalus
+$ apt update
+- kill screensaver (if running)
+$ killall xscreensaver
+- upgrade/dist-upgrade
+$ apt upgrade
+$ apt dist-upgrade
+- in case of failures, fix and rerun
+$ apt -f install
+$ apt dist-upgrade
+- cleanup
+$ apt autoremove --purge
+$ apt autoclean
+deb https://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus main non-free-firmware non-free contrib
+deb https://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-security main non-free-firmware non-free contrib
+deb https://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-updates main non-free-firmware non-free contrib
+#deb-src https://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus main
+#deb-src https://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-security main
+#deb-src https://deb.devuan.org/merged daedalus-updates main
+</file>