raymac46 2,583 Posted June 23, 2019 It looks like Debian Buster will be released July 9. I decided to get a couple of weeks with the RC before the final comes out. I was able to upgrade my Thinkpad install by editing my sources.list to Buster from Stretch. Then I did an apt update, apt upgrade and apt dist-upgrade. It looks like everything went OK and I am posting from it now on the Thinkpad. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
saturnian 604 Posted June 23, 2019 I've got two Buster installations, one since late April and one done in early June. Things have been fine here. I've never updated a Debian system to the next version -- I always do a fresh install. I do have one more Stretch installation still, but I'll probably wait until the official Buster release to do anything with that one. Maybe I'll try an in-place upgrade with that one, I don't know. I really do enjoy starting over with a netinstall. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raymac46 2,583 Posted June 23, 2019 If you follow these instructions it should work for you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
V.T. Eric Layton 6,457 Posted June 23, 2019 I saw the title and was wondering why they were busting Debian. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
saturnian 604 Posted June 23, 2019 If you follow these instructions it should work for you. Thanks! I've seen this page, as well: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianUpgrade Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hedon James 871 Posted June 24, 2019 It looks like Debian Buster will be released July 9. I decided to get a couple of weeks with the RC before the final comes out. I was able to upgrade my Thinkpad install by editing my sources.list to Buster from Stretch. Then I did an apt update, apt upgrade and apt dist-upgrade. It looks like everything went OK and I am posting from it now on the Thinkpad. Is it really that simple? Just completely update/upgrade your existing system; edit the sources to the next release; and dist-upgrade the entire system? This almost qualifies as a rolling release in my book! How many times have you done this in the past? I've always seen suggestions to re-install from scratch for a clean start, but I've heard from others that they've continuously updated/upgraded their Debian for years without reinstallation. I recently read where a fella claimed he has updated/upgraded his initial Debian installation for over 10+ years now with no issues. is he exaggerating much, or just lucky as can be? just curious... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raymac46 2,583 Posted June 24, 2019 I upgraded from Jessie to Stretch, and now from Stretch to Buster without incident. It works Ok if you upgrade only one release level. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
