For existing installations only:

NOTES:
– You cannot skip versions. For example you cannot go from Nobara 36 to Nobara 38.
– Nobara 36 is no longer supported is not receiving any more updates.

ONLY If you are trying to upgrade from Nobara 36 to Nobara 37, follow these instructions:

(1) Nvidia users before updating you’ll need to purge your nvidia drivers:

sudo dnf remove nvidia* cuda* nsight* xorg-x11-drv-nvidia* gds-tools
sudo dnf module reset nvidia-driver

The nvidia driver package structure in Nobara 37 has been cleaned up so that cuda support works in Davinci Resolve and Blender without needing the full stack of extra nvidia cuda packages. If you don’t do this before updating you will hit update conflicts.

(2) Make sure to set any .rpmnew repo files as normal repo files.

For example run:

ls /etc/yum.repos.d/

-IF- you see something like:

nobara.repo
nobara.repo.rpmnew

You need to replace nobara.repo with the rpmnew file like this:

sudo mv /etc/yum.repos.d/nobara.repo.rpmnew /etc/yum.repos.d/nobara.repo

again, if you DON’T see an rpmnew file, you don’t need to do anything here, move to step 3.

(3) The remainder of the process is the same as fedora:

sudo dnf install dnf-plugin-system-upgrade
sudo dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=37


*IF YOU HAVE PACKAGE CONFLICTS HERE YOU MUST RESOLVE THEM BEFORE UPDATING.

If you have a package conflict or errors during the download phase you will need to work to resolve them. Once package conflicts are resolved you can run the download command again (sudo dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=37).

If package conflicts are resolved and there were no errors during the download phase you can begin the installation:

sudo dnf system-upgrade reboot

STANDARD UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS:

(1) Open the ‘Update System’ app and perform a full update. Keep an eye out for any package conflicts.

*IF YOU HAVE PACKAGE CONFLICTS HERE YOU MUST RESOLVE THEM BEFORE UPDATING.

(2) Make sure to set any .rpmnew repo files as normal repo files.

For example run:

ls /etc/yum.repos.d/

-IF- you see something like:

nobara.repo
nobara.repo.rpmnew

You need to replace nobara.repo with the rpmnew file like this:

sudo mv /etc/yum.repos.d/nobara.repo.rpmnew /etc/yum.repos.d/nobara.repo

again, if you DON’T see an rpmnew file, you don’t need to do anything here, move to step 3.

(3) The remainder of the process is the same as fedora:

sudo dnf install dnf-plugin-system-upgrade
sudo dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=38


*IF YOU HAVE PACKAGE CONFLICTS HERE YOU MUST RESOLVE THEM BEFORE UPDATING.

If you have a package conflict or errors during the download phase you will need to work to resolve them. Once package conflicts are resolved you can run the download command again (sudo dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=38).

If package conflicts are resolved and there were no errors during the download phase you can begin the installation:

sudo dnf system-upgrade reboot