Claus Conrad

Debian

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Debian 11

rclone 1.53.3 python 3.9.2 kernel 5.10.0

FAQ

”Repository […] changed its Version value from […] to […]”

This means that the major and minor version you are running is no longer current and a newer version is available from the repo. From that point, you should no longer receive further updates from the repository (when running apt-get upgrade) unless you allow the updater to switch to the newer version.

To resolve this issue, just run the following command:

apt-get update --allow-releaseinfo-change

Source: https://www.itechlounge.net/2022/01/linux-inrelease-changed-its-version-value-from-10-1-to-10-2/

Update packages

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y

Upgrade Debian 10 (buster) to Debian 11 (bullseye)

  1. Backup all valuable data!
  2. Update the Debian 10 (Buster) system 
    apt update
apt upgrade
apt full-upgrade
apt --purge autoremove
reboot
  3. Check the currently installed version: 
    cat /etc/debian_version
  4. Replace Debian 10 with Debian 11 Repositories 
    # Backup
mkdir ~/apt
cp /etc/apt/sources.list ~/apt
cp -r /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ ~/apt
 
# Replace
sed -i 's/buster/bullseye/g' /etc/apt/sources.list
sed -i 's/buster/bullseye/g' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
    In Debian 11 Bullseye the security suite is now named bullseye-security instead of bullseye/updates. So you need to locate the following debian-security lines in the /etc/apt/sources.list file: 
    deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye/updates main
deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye/updates main
    And replace them with these ones: 
    deb https://deb.debian.org/debian-security/ bullseye-security main
deb-src https://deb.debian.org/debian-security/ bullseye-security main
  5. Perform a Minimal System Upgrade first 
    apt update
apt upgrade --without-new-pkgs

If apt-listchanges is installed, press Q to close its pager with release notes. You will be asked to confirm to stop running services.

  1. Perform full upgrade: 
    apt full-upgrade
reboot
  2. Check the currently installed version: 
    cat /etc/debian_version
  3. Clean up obsolete packages 
    apt --purge autoremove
apt autoclean

See also

Upgrade Debian 11 (bullseye) to Debian 12 (bookworm)

  1. Backup all valuable data!
  2. Update the Debian 11 (Bullseye) system 
    sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt full-upgrade
sudo apt --purge autoremove
sudo reboot
  3. Replace Debian 11 with Debian 12 Repositories 
    # Backup
mkdir ~/apt
cp /etc/apt/sources.list ~/apt
cp -r /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ ~/apt
 
# Replace
sudo sed -i 's/bullseye/bookworm/g' /etc/apt/sources.list
sed -i 's/bullseye/bookworm/g' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
  4. Perform full upgrade: 
    sudo apt full-upgrade
sudo reboot
  5. Check the currently installed version: 
    lsb_release -a
cat /etc/os-release
uname -rms
  6. Clean up obsolete packages 
    sudo apt --purge autoremove

See also

kernel: rc rc0: receive overflow

  • When my sudo journalctl got spammed with these messages on a NUC with an IR sensor, I followed these instructions to resolve that issue.

dpkg-deb: error: decompress subprocess was killed by signal (Segmentation fault), core dumped

  • This problem was caused by a faulty download and could be solved by a simple sudo apt-get clean.

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