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Rebasing from a Fedora Kinoite

If you have issues installing with the Aurora ISO and want to try rebasing from a Fedora Kinoite installation (rebasing from Silverblue is NOT supported!), this guide is for you. Rebasing will give you almost the same great experience as a fresh installation from our ISO, but there are some steps you need to follow.

Here's what you need to do:

  1. Determine your image name. Select your desired Aurora Version in the ISO download screen on getaurora.dev and note it down. You're gonna need it in the next steps.

  2. Download Fedora Kinoite (from here) and install it when you don't have an existing installation. The process is very similar to the Aurora installation process. Do not create a root user.

  3. Once you are booted into your new or existing Kinoite installation, run the following command (substituting the placeholder with the image name you noted down earlier):

sudo bootc switch ghcr.io/ublue-os/<imagename>

For example: sudo bootc switch ghcr.io/ublue-os/aurora-dx:stable

  1. After you have rebased to Aurora, you need to rebase a second time. This time, to a signed version of the image so you have a verified and secure copy of the OS.
sudo bootc switch --enforce-container-sigpolicy ghcr.io/ublue-os/<imagename>

For example: sudo bootc switch --enforce-container-sigpolicy ghcr.io/ublue-os/aurora-dx:stable

  1. After all of that is done, you can relax a bit. Now it's time for the last step, you will want to install our curated flatpaks to get the best out of your experience. Run the following command in you terminal:
ujust install-system-flatpaks

Rebasing from an exisiting Fedora Kinoite Installation

Fist you might want to permanently save your current deployment:

sudo ostree admin pin 0

The following command will remove all changes you made with rpm-ostree, like layered packages and kernel parameters to ensure a successful rebase to Aurora.

rpm-ostree reset

After that you can start right from step 3 above