LMDE Upgrade Tool in BETA

The BETA of the new Upgrade Tool is now available for testing.

It can be used to upgrade LMDE 4 to LMDE 5.

To install it refresh your cache and install the mintupgrade package:

apt update
apt install mintupgrade

The Upgrade Tool is graphical but it is launched from the command line:

sudo mintupgrade

Follow the instructions on the screen.

When the tool is done and the upgrade is successful uninstall it and reboot your computer.

apt remove mintupgrade
sudo reboot

Use the comment section to seek help or to give us your feedback.

Bugs can be reported at https://github.com/linuxmint/mintupgrade/issues (include a screenshot of the window and the output of the terminal in your bug reports).

Notes:

• If anything goes wrong all changes can be reverted using Timeshift.
• If you close the tool for any reason, you can run it again no matter how far you went in the upgrade.
• This BETA is only available for LMDE. Do not test this tool in Linux Mint 20 (the Linux Mint 21 package base isn’t stable yet).