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April 11, 2005

Upgrading to a Newer Debian Release

Filed under: Debian

For example you want to upgrade to a newer release; for example, from Woody to Sarge.

First, edit /etc/apt/sources.list so that it has only Sarge entries. Then do the following:
# apt-get update
# apt-get -u upgrade
# apt-get -u dist-upgrade

The -u flag lets you review the changes first. Depending on the speed of your Internet connection and how many packages are required, this can take up to several hours.

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