Upgrading Fedora 23 to 24

The release of Fedora 24 was delayed several times, but eventually users were able to upgrade from version 23 to 24. In this tutorial, we will cover how to upgrade from version 23 to a later version of the distribution. The best way to do this is to use the dnf upgrade plugin and in this tutorial we will do just that.

There are two known ways to upgrade Fedora to 24. The first way, the easy way, is through the GUI, in the Gnome Software program. The update appears in a fully updated version of Fedora 23. The second way, on the other hand, is to use the command line. This is what we will focus on in these instructions.

Back up and update the software

We recommend that before you perform an upgrade of Fedora to 24 you make a backup of your system. This is a good habit in general before making any changes to the system. This is important to do if only because you don't know if the upgraded system will work properly. Once the backup is complete, make sure that the system is updated to its newest state. This is important to minimize potential hassles and conflicts:

$ sudo dnf upgrade --refresh

If you have no desire to use the command line, you can use the same Gnome Software application center.

Installing the updates plugin

You can install the DNF update plugin using the following command:

$ sudo dnf install dnf-plugin-system-upgrade

Now we can move on to updating the system.

Updating the system

Having done everything correctly according to the instructions, now we can move on to the main step - to perform the distro upgrade. You can run the upgrade of Fedora 23 to 24 with the command:

$ sudo dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=24

We can add the --allowerasing option. It tells the program to remove all packages that can disrupt the upgrade process.

Do a restart

Now all that is left for us to do is to do a restart and update the system using the following command:

$ sudo dnf system-upgrade reboot

After that, select the menu item with your old Fedora 23 system and the upgrade will be started. Once the upgrade is complete, you will have a complete Fedora 24 on your computer.

The upgrade of fedora 23 to 24 is complete and your system is now upgraded to the newest version.