Upgrading - From Fog 1.2.0 to Trunk - Possible?

[Wayne Workman]

@Motech09 Ubuntu 16 requires php 7. Instructions on the two additional steps are here:
https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/7131/fog-on-ubuntu-16-04-php7/26

If you’ve attempted to run the installer without those using Ubuntu 16 and FOG Trunk, you’ll need to purge all php packages with sudo apt-get purge php5* lib*php* -yq as Tom says in that thread, then delete the /opt/fog/.fogsettings file and give it another go per those instructions.

[george1421]

@Motech09 said in Upgrading - From Fog 1.2.0 to Trunk - Possible?:

@george1421

Well, turns out that our Fog main server is using Ubuntu 12.04. I ran the install per instructions in the below link and all goes well until the last line “Installing package: libapache2-mod-php5…Failed!”

What happens when you key in sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5 from the command line? Do you get an error, if so what?

[Motech09]

@george1421

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libapache2-mod-php5 : Depends: apache2-api-20120211 but it is not installable
Depends: apache2 (>= 2.4)
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

[Motech09]

@Wayne-Workman

Why delete the .fogsettings file?

[Tom Elliott]

What if you run:

sudo rm -rf /etc/php*
sudo rm -rf /etc/apache2*
sudo apt-get purge lib*php* apache2

[Wayne Workman]

@Motech09 said in Upgrading - From Fog 1.2.0 to Trunk - Possible?:

Why delete the .fogsettings file?

If it is existing already, it’ll have php5 packages defined - which will not work on Ubuntu 16. Deleting it (or renaming it to .fogsettings.old) will cause the installer to re-write the file, and using the commands I pointed to earlier will cause it to write php 7 values in the file.

[Motech09]

@Wayne-Workman

That makes sense but It’s not Ubuntu 16 though, it is Ubuntu 12.04. Does that make a difference?

Thanks for your assistance.

[Wayne Workman]

@Motech09 It does make a difference. So in that case, you just need to get php 5 working.

Many folks have said FOG Trunk works on Ubuntu 12, but I don’t have experience with that.

But, I’d suggest building a new server using Ubuntu 16 if you want to run trunk, only because it’ll have a far longer support lifespan.

[Quazz]

@Motech09 To check for held broken packages do

dpkg --get-selections | grep hold

Then remove the installed packages.

[Motech09]

@Wayne-Workman

I totally agree and might just end up doing that. I think I am going to attempt to upgrade the kernel for these new Dell laptops just to get the imaging going and then circle back with the trunk upgrade later.

[Motech09]

@Tom-Elliott

I got the same result, Tom.

[Motech09]

Guys,

I went ahead and pulled down the 4.1 kernel and tossed it at the E5570 for now and it is working (can’t afford to spin wheels too long since people are waiting to image these laptops) which is great but I do plan on upgrading Ubuntu from 12.04 to 16 and then Fog over to Trunk version.

Strangely, when trying to download the 4.1 kernel and save it as the default it would never work so I had to rename it to E5570 then it downloaded and worked — that’s odd.

Anyways, thanks for the help everyone! Knowledge is power.

[Wayne Workman]

@Motech09 I would very strongly dis-advise “upgrading”. Do a clean install of 16 - either on the existing box, or on a new box.