Debian Linux 8.3 “jessie” released and here is how to upgrade it from

[securitybreach]

Procedure: Upgrade Debian 8 from version 8.2 to 8.3

 

The procedure is as follows. First, note down the current version:

$ uname -mrs
$ lsb_release -a

 

Type the following apt-get commands to upgrade:

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

 

Finally reboot the system:

$ sudo reboot

 

Verify that upgrade went smoothly:

$ uname -mrs
$ lsb_release -a
$ dmesg | egrep -i 'err|warn|critical'
$ sudo tail -f /var/log/myapp

 

http://www.cyberciti...rom-8-3-to-8-2/

[sunrat]

Complete details here - https://www.debian.org/News/2016/20160123

[Dr. J]

A curious note: I've been futzing about with a debian VM for a while now (since the early days of 8.2) and never used dist-upgrade, but it appears that the common garden variety 'apt-get update' command will automatically upgrade to version 8.3. (May depend on which mirrors you're using though, I'm not sure to be honest.)

[securitybreach]

I always thought you did apt-get dist-upgrade because it changed the sources.list to the new version and updated from that. I didn't realize that a simple apt-get upgrade would do that.

[sunrat]

apt-get update won't remove packages, just update existing ones.

dist-upgrade will, so may need to be used for a new version depending on what needs changing. Not necessary to do often in Stable.

http://forums.debian...hp?f=30&t=80324

 

Neither will change the sources. apt-get update just refreshes the list of available packages from currently enabled sources.

upgrade/dist-upgrade installs the updated packages.

[Dr. J]

the common garden variety 'apt-get update' command

Sorry, I of course ment 'upgrade'

[securitybreach]

Ah ok, thanks Sunrat!

[sunrat]

Haha, I read it as "upgrade" anyway. Read the meaning in context rather than the word.