Debian 9 -Stretch

You like a certain distro? Tell us why here

Moderators: b1o, jkerr82508

Forum rules
Try to avoid "fanboyism" Spam is strictly forbidden. The general rules apply: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=568
User avatar
viking60
Über-Berserk
Posts: 9351
Joined: 14 Mar 2010, 16:34

Debian 9 -Stretch

Postby viking60 » 31 Oct 2018, 18:53

It is time to upgrade my good old Debian 8 (Jessie) to Debian 9 (Stretch).
First I updated my Debian 8
Then I checked my Debian version with

Code: Select all

cat /etc/issue
or

Code: Select all

cat /etc/os-release
and it was Debian 8.11.

So basically I need the debian 9 repos and I found me a magical command to fix them:
As root:

Code: Select all

sed -i 's/jessie/stretch/g' /etc/apt/sources.list

This should set my mirrors to Debian 9 so the next thing is to do a

Code: Select all

apt-get update
and

Code: Select all

apt-get upgrade
(both as root).

Now it is time to check the Debian version again

Code: Select all

cat /etc/os-release
and true enough:
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="9"
VERSION="9 (stretch)"
ID=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"

So far so good :whistle: TIme to reboot then .... :pray:
:drummer

:drummer

:drummer
Image

Success! Debian lives up to its rock solid reputation: Everything is there and I have not noticed anything peculiar :s

--what's changed you say?
Have a look here
Manjaro 64bit on the main box -Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz and nVidia Corporation GT200b [GeForce GTX 275] (rev a1. + Centos on the server - Arch on the laptop.
"There are no stupid questions - Only stupid answers!"

Return to “Distro talk”