Upgrade Fedora 34 from Fedora 33 using DNF - Comment Page: 1
This is guide, howto upgrade Fedora 33 to Fedora 34 using DNF. This method works on desktop and server machines. You can also upgrade older Fedora installations (example Fedora 32/31/30) directly to Fedora 34.
I have tested this method on several machines, but if you have problems, please let me know. Always remember backup, before upgrade!
Check video version of guide:
1. Before Upgrade
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1.1 Backup Your Data
Before doing anything, do full system backup or backup at least your important data: documents, pictures, videos, config files, log files, databases etc. This is very important step, because if something goes wrong and you have to do fresh install,...
If you’re on a spin, do you need to do anything different to maintain your existing spin (e.g. I’m on Cinnamon)?
Nope, it should be fine with this guide commands.
Your instructions were perfect! Took longer than I expected though!
Hello Alan,
Nice to hear that this worked for you! This is slow process, especially if there is a lot of packages to upgrade.
–rebuilddb is not an option for rpm in Fedora 34.
Did you tried it? I just checked my Fedora 34 installation and
rpm --rebuilddbis working normally:Nice job and thanks for sharing!
Thanks!
Great works out-of-box with –allowerasing
Thanks for the article JR. Worked fine with 33-to-34 GNOME.
Thank you very much :) I could update my Fedora to 34 without any issues.
thank you!
Awesome help. Thanks
I’ve been upgrading via dnf since fedora 29 or so; Not this time, nothing but silly error to be seen:
No match for group package “xorg-x11-drv-armsoc”
No match for group package “xorg-x11-drv-geode”
No match for group package “paratype-pt-sans-fonts”
No match for group package “lsvpd”
No match for group package “oflb-roadstencil-fonts”
No match for group package “google-noto-sans-balinese-fonts”
No match for group package “bcm283x-firmware”
No match for group package “senamirmir-washra-wookianos-fonts”
No match for group package “pagul-fonts”
No match for group package “senamirmir-washra-zelan-fonts”
No match for group package “senamirmir-washra-yigezu-bisrat-goffer-fonts”
No match for group package “impallari-lobster-fonts”
No match for group package “oflb-brett-fonts”
No match for group package “mph-2b-damase-fonts”
No match for group package “google-crosextra-carlito-fonts”
No match for group package “smc-kalyani-fonts”
No match for group package “almas-mongolian-title-fonts”
No match for group package “astloch-fonts”
No match for group package “senamirmir-washra-tint-fonts”
No match for group package “reeniebeanie-fonts”
No match for group package “trabajo-fonts”
No match for group package “google-croscore-symbolneu-fonts”
No match for group package “cf-sorts-mill-goudy-fonts”
No match for group package “senamirmir-washra-yigezu-bisrat-gothic-fonts”
No match for group package “isight-firmware-tools”
No match for group package “google-croscore-cousine-fonts”
No match for group package “khmeros-metal-chrieng-fonts”
No match for group package “google-croscore-tinos-fonts”
No match for group package “ht-alegreya-smallcaps-fonts”
No match for group package “monofett-fonts”
No match for group package “oflb-sportrop-fonts”
No match for group package “carterone-fonts”
No match for group package “stix-math-fonts”
No match for group package “min12xxw”
No match for group package “cockpit-docker”
No match for group package “powerpc-utils”
No match for group package “apanov-edrip-fonts”
No match for group package “cyreal-wireone-fonts”
No match for group package “specialelite-fonts”
No match for group package “khmeros-handwritten-fonts”
No match for group package “tharlon-fonts”
No match for group package “xorg-x11-drv-omap”
No match for group package “atomic”
No match for group package “smc-raghumalayalam-fonts”
No match for group package “shadowsintolight-fonts”
No match for group package “khmeros-battambang-fonts”
No match for group package “moyogo-molengo-fonts”
No match for group package “google-noto-sans-ui-fonts”
No match for group package “senamirmir-washra-hiwua-fonts”
No match for group package “ecolier-court-lignes-fonts”
No match for group package “google-droid-kufi-fonts”
No match for group package “khmeros-siemreap-fonts”
No match for group package “khmeros-muol-fonts”
No match for group package “tlomt-orbitron-fonts”
No match for group package “tangerine-fonts”
No match for group package “inkboy-fonts”
No match for group package “google-crosextra-caladea-fonts”
No match for group package “google-croscore-arimo-fonts”
No match for group package “paratype-pt-sans-caption-fonts”
No match for group package “tabish-eeyek-fonts”
No match for group package “labelleaurore-fonts”
No match for group package “docker”
No match for group package “khmeros-bokor-fonts”
No match for group package “senamirmir-washra-yebse-fonts”
No match for group package “vt323-fonts”
No match for group package “oflb-icelandic-fonts”
No match for group package “senamirmir-washra-jiret-fonts”
No match for group package “aldusleaf-crimson-text-fonts”
No match for group package “wallpoet-fonts”
No match for group package “tuladha-jejeg-fonts”
No match for group package “senamirmir-washra-fantuwua-fonts”
No match for group package “typemade-josefinsansstd-light-fonts”
No match for group package “phetsarath-fonts”
No match for group package “sarai-fonts”
No match for group package “kranky-fonts”
Error:
Problem: cannot install the best update candidate for package iptables-1.8.5-6.fc33.x86_64
– problem with installed package iptables-1.8.5-6.fc33.x86_64
– package iptables-1.8.7-3.fc34.x86_64 requires iptables-libs(x86-64) = 1.8.7-3.fc34, but none of the providers can be installed
– cannot install the best update candidate for package iptables-libs-1.8.5-6.fc33.x86_64
– cannot install both iptables-libs-1.8.7-7.fc34.x86_64 and iptables-libs-1.8.7-3.fc34.x86_64
– iptables-1.8.5-6.fc33.x86_64 does not belong to a distupgrade repository
(try to add ‘–skip-broken’ to skip uninstallable packages)
This was bug on upgrade (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1953178), but should be fixed now.
Doesn’t look like had been fixed yet. I just hit the same issue, allowed it to skip the package and then update.
Resolved by a post-upgrade run of “dnf update”.
Nice cheatsheet
does it need any extra steps if Nvidia drivers are installed via RPMfusion? does this guide cover such a thing? and if I’m still using fedora 32, will that make any difference while upgrading to fedora 34? thanks in advance :)
Hello Aliy,
I haven’t tested it, but there shouldn’t be any problems, because RPM Fusion have Fedora 34 repos and works normally when you update Fedora 34.
Also this upgrade from Fedora 32 should work too.
As always I recommend to backup your whole system or at least important files before upgrade.
if everything goes right, will it keep applications and data installed in previous version?
Hello Wesin,
Yes. All data and apps remains the same. If everything goes wrong and you can’t boot your system, still you can rescue your data using some live linux. Of course backup before upgrade is highly recommend.
In step 4.1 ran into permission problems.
# rpm –rebuilddb
error: can’t create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/.rpm.lock (Permission denied)
The following worked for me:
restorecon -v /var/lib/rpm/.rpm.lock
restorecon -v /var/lib/rpm/Packages
Make sure you use sudo
lol, ‘#’ means he is doing it as root, so “Make sure you use sudo” won’t help him
Thanks! It looks as if it all worked, although there were a couple of glitches where I had my doubts. At step 2.5 there was one package that could not be downloaded, even after adding –best and –allowerasing. There was a conflict between two versions of iptables, so I removed the earlier version and repeated 2.5 with –best and –allowerasing, which worked.
Then at step 2.8 I had to wait for several minutes before anything showed on the progress bar. I thought everything had frozen, but it eventually showed more than 0% on the progress bar, with each percentage increase taking anywhere from 10 seconds to over 200 seconds. However, it eventually completed and rebooted.
In step 4.3 I answered “Y” to each of the six or so items of rpmconf -a, and so far that seems to be OK.
Many thanks.
Unable to update Fedora 34 due to following error
Error: Transaction test error:
file /usr/share/pixmaps/poweredby.png conflicts between attempted installs of generic-logos-httpd-18.0.0-12.fc34.noarch and fedora-logos-httpd-34.0.4-1.fc34.noarch
Maybe easiest way to fix this is simply remove another one and try again.
Hi JR,
Thank you for your response. Could you please evaluate, how I can delete it as this is out of my understanding?
Pls help