Difference between revisions of "Upgrade"

Revision as of 15:28, 13 August 2017

Upgrade debian

cat /etc/debian_version

current version (sept 2015) 7.8

check :: wheezy old stable

current version (aug 2017) 8.8
check :: jessie old stable

old stable > to stable

apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade && apt-get autoremove

(first update than upgrade, than upgrade again if something didn't happen well and autoremove the packages which are not used)

update the source.list

nano /etc/apt/sources.list

wikipedia / debian > table with colors
(change the name of the distribution)

apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade && dist-upgrade && apt-get autoremove

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 old stable > to stable<br />
-<code>apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade && dist-upgrade && apt-get autoremove</code>
+<code>apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade && apt-get autoremove</code>
 (first update than upgrade, than upgrade again if something didn't happen well and autoremove the packages which are not used)
-{|
-the first command update doesn't work, it logs that we failed to connect to archive.debian.org, a person who is in a paralelle working session, encountered this problem before and know the actual state of the vps where our vps is hosted, he was informed about a case of ddos attacks because of websiteon abortion, so we need to resolve our dns and have another nameserver.. or at least figure out the right numbers
-|}
 ==STEP 3 UPDATE THE SOURCE.LIST FOR THE NEW DEBIAN RELEASE==