At Sat, 4 Apr 2026 09:03:51 +0200 "Sijmen J. Mulder" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hi Claudio, > > Op 05-03-2026 om 10:48 schreef Claudio Vicario: > > i have a Raspberry Pi 3 with Raspbian Lite (based on Deb11) and i need to > > upgrade to Raspbian Lite (based on Deb12), or the last version of Raspbian > > comparable with my Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+. > > Just in case you didn't find the answer yet, or someone stumbles on this > post: Unlike Debian, Raspberry Pi OS does not support in-place upgrades: > > > To update the operating system to a new major release on your Raspberry Pi, > > image a second SD card with the new release. Use a USB SD card reader or > > network storage to copy files and configuration from your current > > installation to the new SD card. Then, swap the new SD card into the slot > > on your Raspberry Pi, and boot. > > https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/os.html#upgrade-your-operating-system-to-a-new-major-version > While this is probably the best option in general, I have in fact done in-place upgrades of Raspberry Pis. What *I* did was manually edit the files in /etc/apt/sources.list[.d], ran "apt update", then "apt full-upgrade" and "apt autoremove". It worked reasonably well. (I've also done this with Beagle Boards as well.) > Regards, > Sijmen > > > -- Robert Heller -- Cell: 413-658-7953 GV: 978-633-5364 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services [email protected] -- Webhosting Services
