Updated over 4 years ago by Jamila Khan

• Table of contents
• Debian 9 to 10
  • Update sources list
  • Upgrade the system
    • Check for Necessary Disk Space
    • Update the sources
    • Minimal Upgrade
    • Full Upgrade
    • Upgrade MySQL databases (if MySQL/MariaDB installed)
  • Common problems
    • borg

Debian 9 to 10¶

Update sources list¶

check which sources exist that point to stretch

cd /etc/apt
grep -nr stretch .

Edit the main list, and any others that come up

vim /etc/apt/sources.list

:%s/stretch/buster/g

Upgrade the system¶

Check for Necessary Disk Space¶

apt-get -o APT::Get::Trivial-Only=true dist-upgrade

Update the sources¶

apt-get update

Minimal Upgrade¶

 apt-get upgrade

• if it asks whether to change /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/debian-archive-jessie-security-automatic.gpg, say yes

Full Upgrade¶

apt-get dist-upgrade

Upgrade MySQL databases (if MySQL/MariaDB installed)¶

mysql_upgrade

Common problems¶

borg¶

• Changes needed to the borg backupninja jobs #48568-1
  • need to add encryption = none just above the passphrase
  • change the path to the directory to be the complete full path, not use the tilde for home, and must start with a slash