How to Upgrade Linux Mint 17.x to Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa. This guide will show you how to upgrade Linux Mint 17 Qiana, Linux Mint 17.1 Rebecca. Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela, to Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa.
Ordinarily the best way to go from an older Mint version to a later Mint version, is to apply a clean upgrade. Which means: format the hard disk partition on which the older version resides, and install the later version cleanly on the empty partition.
The reason for the change is, that Linux Mint currently uses only LTS versions of Ubuntu for base. Within a Mint series that’s always the same Ubuntu version, so the upgrade to a later Mint within the same series is technically no big deal.
That has changed: upgrading within a particular Mint series, has become a lot easier. Namely by upgrading the older version to the later one.
How to Upgrade Linux Mint 17.x to 17.3 Rosa With Picture
Do these following step to upgrade your Linux Mint 17.x to the latest Linux Mint version.
- Open Update Manager by clicking Start Menu >> Administration >> Update Manager. You will see the window of Update Manager.
- When you see “mint-update” and or “mint-upgrade-info” appear, it is the right time to upgrade your Linux Mint operating system. (see picture above)
- Click “Install Update” button to perform one or both of that update to your Linux Mint
- After updating the Mint Update Manager to the latest version, click on Edit >> Upgrade to Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa
- A “System Upgrade” window will appear. Click “Continue” button again and again until it download package for Linux Mint 17.3 Rosa
- Wait until download completed! It will install upgrade package automatically. You can reboot your machine after install to see the change.
