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Upgrading Kubuntu from 32 bit to 64 bit ?

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Hi , i am totally new to Linux while i have had 14 yrs of experience with dos, windows and mac. I have CORE 2 Duo processor T 7200. Yesterday by mistake I installed the 32 bit version of KUBUNTU while i wished to install the 64 bit verison as i am involved in high precision space application coding. So please can you tell me any way I can upgrade the current 32 bit kUbuntu to 64 bit KUBUNTU..? I was afraid that the boot camp might get corrupted or something like that would happen as I have windows to running on that machine with lots of softwares.

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Vojtěch Trefný (vojtech.trefny) said : 		#1

"So please can you tell me any way I can upgrade the current 32 bit kUbuntu to 64 bit KUBUNTU..?"
→ only new installation of Kubuntu (64bit)...

Maybe there is another way (I don't know any), but it will be more difficult than new installation...

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Nathan Flowers (nathan-flowers) said : 		#2

Switching the Bit architecture after an install is not recommended... haveing tried my self.. it is really a pain and doing so will break all your current 32 bit packages.. and most of your settings.. <-- based on that their set up for a 32 bit program... you will lose some of your simbolic links as well. so I recommend that you reinstall with the 64Bit form scratch..

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