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Re: Upgrading Debian

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On 09/13/2015 10:57 AM, Himanshu Shekhar wrote:
> I just want to make sure again. How can one upgrade from one
> version of Debian to other without losing data or without
> formatiing the partition, simply as Ubuntu does. An earlier mail in
> this mailing list stated to reboot from iso image and install in
> the same old traditional way. This Facebook post states something
> else, and I couldn't make sure what to do without bricking up my
> hard configured system. 
> https://www.facebook.com/groups/lifewithdebian/permalink/10153149941663977/


What
> 
I usually do is to update /etc/apt/sources to the version I want
to upgrade to. Then I log out from X and log on to the console.

# apt-get update
# apt-get upgrade
# apt-get dist-upgrade

Then reboot.

This has only failed when I have tried to upgrade to broken "testing"
versions.

As always, make a backup before you start :)

Jarle

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  Re: Upgrading Debian Jarle Aase <jgaa@jgaa.com> - 2015-09-13 10:20 +0200
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    Re: Upgrading Debian Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-09-14 15:10 +0200
      Re: Upgrading Debian Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-09-14 15:20 +0200
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  Re: Upgrading Debian Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-09-13 12:50 +0200
  Re: Upgrading Debian Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2015-09-13 17:20 +0200
    Re: Upgrading Debian Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-09-13 18:10 +0200
      Re: Upgrading Debian Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2015-09-14 06:10 +0200
        Re: Upgrading Debian Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-09-14 11:40 +0200
          Re: Upgrading Debian Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2015-09-14 18:20 +0200
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  Re: Upgrading Debian David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2015-09-14 16:50 +0200

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