On Tuesday 17 August 2021 18:48:34 Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 11:05:44PM +0100, Brian wrote: > > On Tue 17 Aug 2021 at 16:54:54 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > Where do I find the recipe to update stretch to buster? > > > > What, in this helpful thread, do you find difficult to understand? > > > > You have a collection of important machines in your charge. The > > complexity of managing them does not appear to be your forte. > > Eptness appears to have deserted you. > > > > Stick wuth what you have. It is less strain on you and on us. :) > > > > -- > > Brian. > > Brian - maybe a bit more consideration? Any of us can be exasperating > but it's worth spending some time with Gene to get it right. > > Gene, > > You have two upgrades to do. > > One from stretch -> buster. 9-10 That takes you from 2017 -> 2019. > > If you can reduce your /etc/apt/sources.list by commenting out third > party repositories like Trinity, that will help. > > [Taken from https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/Using] > > The Stretch /etc/apt/sources.list should look like this: > > deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free > deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free > > deb http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main contrib non-free > deb-src http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main contrib > non-free > > Bring Stretch up to date finally: apt update ; apt full-upgrade > > Go find the release notes for Buster: > > https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/amd64/release-notes/index.en.ht >ml - especially Section 4 and 5 > > Buster sources.list - Buster was the first list to use deb.debian.org > extensively > > deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster main contrib non-free > deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster main contrib non-free > > deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main > contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security > buster/updates main contrib non-free > > [Taken from https://wiki.debian.org/DebianUpgrade] > > Use apt update ; apt upgrade ; apt full-upgrade (optionally apt > autoremove) > > Buster to Bullseye - 10-11 - 2019-2021 > > Follow the same process again, essentially > > Bullseye sources.list > > deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free > deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free > > deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/ bullseye-security main > contrib non-free deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/ > bullseye-security main contrib non-free > > deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main contrib > non-free deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-updates main > contrib non-free > > Uncomment third party repositories - change appropriately, then apt > update ; apt upgrade ; apt full-upgrade > > It's worth taking time to do this and writing down what step you've > taken (or just print off the appropriate pages and use them as a tick > list) There's a lot to do and it's _easy_ to mess up. > > Take care - all best, as always, > > Andy Cater
Thank you Andy, thats more of the recipe I need to follow. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>