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   1 [[!meta title="Call for testing: incremental upgrades"]]
   2
   3 [[!meta date="2013-12-08 16:00:00"]]
   4
   5 You can help Tails! [[Incremental
   6 upgrades|contribute/design/incremental_upgrades]] are ready for
   7 testing. This feature allows you to upgrade a running Tails without
   8 downloading an ISO, without burning a DVD, and without a second USB
   9 stick or SD card. Please try it and see if all works for you.
  10
  11 If you have security auditing skills, you are more than welcome to
  12 review our [[design|contribute/design/incremental_upgrades]] and
  13 [[code|contribute/design/incremental_upgrades#code]].
  14
  15 [[!toc levels=1]]
  16
  17 # How to test incremental upgrades?
  18
  19 These instructions allow you to incrementally upgrade from Tails
  20 0.22~rc1 or 0.22~rc2 to Tails 0.22 final.
  21
  22 **Keep in mind that this is the first broad call for testing of Tails
  23 incremental upgrades**. It might have undiscovered issues.
  24
  25 Below, we assume that you have installed [[Tails
  26 0.22~rc1|news/test_0.22-rc1]] **with <span class="application">Tails
  27 Installer</span>** onto a USB stick or SD card.
  28
  29 If you have applied the incremental upgrade to Tails 0.22~rc2, skip to
  30 [[the instructions for RC2
  31 users|news/test_incremental_upgrades#from-rc1-or-rc2]]. Else, read on.
  32
  33 ## From Tails 0.22~rc1
  34
  35 These steps allow you to incrementally upgrade from Tails 0.22~rc1 to
  36 Tails 0.22.
  37
  38 1. Start Tails 0.22~rc1 and [[set an administration
  39    password|doc/first_steps/startup_options/administration_password]].
  40
  41 1. Run this command in a <span class="application">Root
  42    Terminal</span> to correct the firewall:
  43
  44        sed -i -e \
  45           's/tails-iuk-get-target-file/(tails-iuk-get-target-file tails-upgrade-frontend)/' \
  46           /etc/ferm/ferm.conf && \
  47        /usr/sbin/ferm /etc/ferm/ferm.conf
  48
  49 1. Follow the [[next
  50    steps|news/test_incremental_upgrades#from-rc1-or-rc2]].
  51
  52 <a id="from-rc1-or-rc2">
  53
  54 ## From Tails 0.22~rc1 or 0.22~rc2
  55
  56 1. Choose
  57    <span class="menuchoice">
  58      <span class="guimenu">Applications</span>&nbsp;▸
  59      <span class="guisubmenu">Tails</span>&nbsp;▸
  60      <span class="guimenuitem">Tails Upgrader</span>
  61    </span>
  62    to start <span class="application">Tails Upgrader</span>.
  63
  64 1. Accept <span class="application">Tails Upgrader</span>'s proposal
  65    to upgrade to Tails 0.22.
  66
  67 1. Wait while the upgrade is downloaded and applied.
  68
  69 1. Restart the system when advised to do so.
  70
  71 1. Once the system is restarted, choose
  72    <span class="menuchoice">
  73      <span class="guimenu">System</span>&nbsp;▸
  74      <span class="guimenuitem">About Tails</span>
  75    </span>
  76    to confirm that the running system is now Tails 0.22.
  77
  78 If you find anything that is not working as it should, please [[report
  79 to us|doc/first_steps/bug_reporting]]! Bonus points if you check that
  80 it is not a [[known issue of incremental
  81 upgrades|test_incremental_upgrades#known_issues]] or a [[longstanding
  82 known issue|support/known_issues]].
  83
  84 <a id="known_issues">
  85
  86 # Known issues
  87
  88 Known issues of incremental upgrades are [tracked in
  89 Redmine](https://labs.riseup.net/code/projects/tails/issues?query_id=126).