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I currently have the most recent Debian 11 "bullseye" installed on an amd64 laptop without a cd/dvd, and am wondering please if the following steps will allow me to upgrade to Debian 12 "bookworm", essentially editing the /etc/apt/sources.list:
While I second the sound advice given by @aki of referring to Debian 12’s release notes (particularly from section 4.6 onwards), your sources.list should be as follows:
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main non-free non-free-firmware contrib
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main non-free non-free-firmware contrib
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Hm? I think back when I used Mint it was easier to upgrade. Such as "Launch the System Upgrade by clicking on “Edit->Upgrade to Linux Mint 21.1 Vera”.
Debian has to have an easier way then manually reading multiple chapters of Upgrades from Debian 11. I'm in a mode of trying to simplify all things in life.
urdrwho10 wrote: ↑2023-06-02 13:10
Hm? I think back when I used Mint it was easier to upgrade. Such as "Launch the System Upgrade by clicking on “Edit->Upgrade to Linux Mint 21.1 Vera”.
Debian has to have an easier way then manually reading multiple chapters of Upgrades from Debian 11. I'm in a mode of trying to simplify all things in life.
So my question is -- does Debian have an easier way?
urdrwho10 wrote: ↑2023-06-02 13:10
Hm? I think back when I used Mint it was easier to upgrade. Such as "Launch the System Upgrade by clicking on “Edit->Upgrade to Linux Mint 21.1 Vera”.
Debian has to have an easier way then manually reading multiple chapters of Upgrades from Debian 11. I'm in a mode of trying to simplify all things in life.
urdrwho10 wrote: ↑2023-06-02 13:10
Hm? I think back when I used Mint it was easier to upgrade. Such as "Launch the System Upgrade by clicking on “Edit->Upgrade to Linux Mint 21.1 Vera”.
Debian has to have an easier way then manually reading multiple chapters of Upgrades from Debian 11. I'm in a mode of trying to simplify all things in life.
Possibly, also check that it's not muted somehow. You may want to start a new thread for that in the Testing and Unstable subforum to get more responses.
[HowTo] Install and configure Debian bookworm Debian 12 | KDE Plasma | ThinkPad T440s | 4 × Intel® Core™ i7-4600U CPU @ 2.10GHz | 12 GiB RAM | Mesa Intel® HD Graphics 4400 | 1 TB SSD
I repeated the exercise of installing updates. The first time when I did it I made an error in sources.lst. Instead of bookworm I had brookworm and I'm thinking it caused issues. I corrected the issue in this manner...........
TO begin with I use separate partitions for Home, etc.
So I installed 11.7 and kept home, everything was working fine. Then I repeated installing the upgrade to 12 and everything is still fine. This was probably operator error.
Hallvor wrote: ↑2023-06-03 21:57
Possibly, also check that it's not muted somehow. You may want to start a new thread for that in the Testing and Unstable subforum to get more responses.
Hallvor wrote: ↑2023-06-02 16:32
And if you would like to be a guinea pig, here is a bash script automating it. Why? Because why not.
USE AT OWN RISK!
Welcome new users to the "Posting from a friends iPAD" new sub-forum.
Typo perfectionish.
"The advice given above is all good, and just because a new message has appeared it does not mean that a problem has arisen, just that a new gremlin hiding in the hardware has been exposed." - FreewheelinFrank
Pay particular attention to some of the other points that people skip over in the release notes such as backports, which need to be removed from your sources list. Pay attention to your unofficial sources as well. No need to brick your own system. Also watch out for APT pinning which is another potential downfall.
Typo perfectionish.
"The advice given above is all good, and just because a new message has appeared it does not mean that a problem has arisen, just that a new gremlin hiding in the hardware has been exposed." - FreewheelinFrank
Yes, to be clear: Everyone should carefully read the release notes linked in the second post above. It is not a massive text, and it contains lots of useful info on how the system works.
New users should never blindly copy and paste commands (or run scripts made for fun) and assume that everything will work. Read and learn. The few minutes you spend on reading the release notes will pay off whenever you want to upgrade your system. A broken system where you have to reinstall and recreate all your configurations will cost you much more time than a few minutes of reading.
The Debian developers are true masters of flawless dist-upgrades, but even masters need a helping hand if you have done special configurations to your system.
Hallvor wrote: ↑2023-06-06 11:56users should never blindly copy and paste commands
Just to reinforce this point: users should never copy&paste from internet sites even if they fully understand the commands. It is *very* easy to hijack the copy&paste mechanism and do serious damage to your system.