Aram Hăvărneanu 2019 2 22 https://xw.is/0018/ 0018 /0018/ Linux › Upgrade Debian Linux to Testing See the Debian wiki for more information. Everything on this page must be ran as root. Switch to root with su -. Aram Hăvărneanu 2019 2 22 Upgrade to testing Run the following commands apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y cat <<EOF >/etc/apt/sources.list deb https://deb.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free deb https://deb.debian.org/debian-security testing/updates main contrib non-free EOF apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade -y apt autoremove -y Answer the questions. If you enable extra architectures (see below), you might want to limit the architectures of the main repositories to amd64 (assuming you use that). In this case do this instead: apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y cat <<EOF >/etc/apt/sources.list deb [arch=amd64] https://deb.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free deb [arch=amd64] https://deb.debian.org/debian-security testing/updates main contrib non-free EOF apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade -y apt autoremove -y Aram Hăvărneanu 2019 2 22 Make apt prefer testing by default If you are going to use multiple repos (e.g. debian-ports below), make testing the default like so: echo 'APT::Default-Release "testing";' >/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/91prefertesting Aram Hăvărneanu 2019 2 22 Add support for new (hardware) ports If you want to add support for new ports (e.g. RISC-V), do this: apt-get install -y debian-ports-archive-keyring cat <<EOF >>/etc/apt/sources.list deb https://deb.debian.org/debian-ports unstable main deb https://deb.debian.org/debian-ports unreleased main deb https://deb.debian.org/debian-ports experimental main EOF apt-get update Consider limiting the new ports to a specific architecture. Also consider limiting the main repositories to amd64 (if you use amd64). So do this instead: apt-get install -y debian-ports-archive-keyring cat <<EOF >>/etc/apt/sources.list deb [arch=riscv64] https://deb.debian.org/debian-ports unstable main deb [arch=riscv64] https://deb.debian.org/debian-ports unreleased main deb [arch=riscv64] https://deb.debian.org/debian-ports experimental main EOF apt-get update References Context Aram Hăvărneanu 2019 2 22 https://xw.is/0019/ 0019 /0019/ Linux › Upgrade Debian Linux to Unstable See the Debian wiki for more information.Everything on this page must be ran as root. Switch to root with su -.Before upgrading to Debian Unstable, you must first upgrade to Debian Testing. Aram Hăvărneanu2019222https://xw.is/0018/0018/0018/Linux › Upgrade Debian Linux to TestingSee the Debian wiki for more information.Everything on this page must be ran as root. Switch to root with su -.Aram Hăvărneanu2019222Upgrade to testingRun the following commandsapt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y cat <<EOF >/etc/apt/sources.list deb https://deb.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free deb https://deb.debian.org/debian-security testing/updates main contrib non-free EOF apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade -y apt autoremove -yAnswer the questions. If you enable extra architectures (see below), you might want to limit the architectures of the main repositories to amd64 (assuming you use that). In this case do this instead:apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y cat <<EOF >/etc/apt/sources.list deb [arch=amd64] https://deb.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free deb [arch=amd64] https://deb.debian.org/debian-security testing/updates main contrib non-free EOF apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade -y apt autoremove -yAram Hăvărneanu2019222Make apt prefer testing by defaultIf you are going to use multiple repos (e.g. debian-ports below), make testing the default like so:echo 'APT::Default-Release "testing";' >/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/91prefertestingAram Hăvărneanu2019222Add support for new (hardware) portsIf you want to add support for new ports (e.g. RISC-V), do this:apt-get install -y debian-ports-archive-keyring cat <<EOF >>/etc/apt/sources.list deb https://deb.debian.org/debian-ports unstable main deb https://deb.debian.org/debian-ports unreleased main deb https://deb.debian.org/debian-ports experimental main EOF apt-get updateConsider limiting the new ports to a specific architecture. Also consider limiting the main repositories to amd64 (if you use amd64). So do this instead:apt-get install -y debian-ports-archive-keyring cat <<EOF >>/etc/apt/sources.list deb [arch=riscv64] https://deb.debian.org/debian-ports unstable main deb [arch=riscv64] https://deb.debian.org/debian-ports unreleased main deb [arch=riscv64] https://deb.debian.org/debian-ports experimental main EOF apt-get update Aram Hăvărneanu2019222Upgrade to unstableRun the following commands:cat <<EOF >/etc/apt/sources.list deb http://deb.debian.org/debian unstable main deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-debug unstable-debug main deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports unstable main EOF apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade -y apt autoremove -yThen answer the questions. Consider limiting the architecture to amd64 (if that's what you use):cat <<EOF >/etc/apt/sources.list deb [arch=amd64] http://deb.debian.org/debian unstable main deb [arch=amd64] http://deb.debian.org/debian-debug unstable-debug main deb [arch=amd64] http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports unstable main EOF apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade -y apt autoremove -y Backlinks Related https://xw.is/apt/ apt /apt/ Advanced Package Tool Software https://wiki.debian.org/Apt The main package manager for Debian and its derivatives. https://xw.is/debian/ debian /debian/ Debian Software https://www.debian.org Debian is a free and open source Linux distribution. Debian is one of the oldest operating systems based on the Linux kernel, and is the basis of many other Linux distributions. Contributions