On 18/09/14 01:30 PM, softwatt wrote:
Hello. How does one upgrade the distro? I have searched the web but I am
getting some contradictions, and I am hesitant to mess things up.
All websites suggest updating the /etc/apt/sources.list file. This makes
a lot of sense. However, the consensus ends here. Beyond that, I have no
idea what's correct.
Some suggest a simple `apt-get update` followed by an `apt-get dis-upgrade`
Some suggest:
apt-get update
apt-get install apt dpkg aptitude
apt-get --download-only dist-upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade
Some even suggest updating the kernel using and apt-get install kernel-*
stuff. (Subquestion: does dist-upgrade update the kernel?)
Enlighten me! What is the proper way to do this?
If your /etc/apt/sources.list file refers to your current distribution
as "stable" then once Jessie becomes the new "stable" then apt-get
update followed by apt-get dist-upgrade will work.
If your sources.list file calls it "wheezy" then you need to change it
to "jessie" before doing the apt-gets.
If you want to keep upgrading to the latest "testing" distribution, then
change "stable" or "wheezy" to "testing" and do the apt-gets.
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