#1 2018-06-07 05:54:52

samikrc

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Upgrade from jessie to stretch

Hi,

Now that the official support date expiration of Jessie is almost on us, is there an official guide for upgrading our desktop to stretch? I see a bunch of threads, but have not seen an official guide. Would ideally expect something on the "Installation" page.

Thanks.

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: Upgrade from jessie to stretch

is there an official guide for upgrading our desktop to stretch?

No, and I don't think there will ever be one.

A fresh install is the recommended method.

I see a bunch of threads

Yes, plenty of good tips there if you want to attempt an upgrade — post back if you have any problems.

EDIT: Debian have an official guide that applies to us also:

https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/ … ng.en.html

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2018-06-07 06:28:32)

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dolly

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Re: Upgrade from jessie to stretch

If you decide for an upgrade, be sure to backup important data first.

samikrc

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Re: Upgrade from jessie to stretch

If you decide for an upgrade, be sure to backup important data first.

Thanks - will do. My system is on a VirtualBox anyways - so it's easy.

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: Upgrade from jessie to stretch

My system is on a VirtualBox

Note that the VirtualBox package was dropped from Debian stretch just before the release (because the upstream security support for the software was so atrocious) so we don't actually have that available.

I think stretch-backports has it but it really is a terrible emulator (IMO).

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samikrc

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Re: Upgrade from jessie to stretch

What does that ("VirtualBox package was dropped from Debian stretch") mean in the practical terms? Does that mean that I would not be able to run Debian stretch on a VirtualBox environment?

Edit: From my reading of this link, it seems that this is related to installing VirtualBox on Debian Stretch, not running Stretch on Virtualbox.

My system is on a VirtualBox

Note that the VirtualBox package was dropped from Debian stretch just before the release (because the upstream security support for the software was so atrocious) so we don't actually have that available.

I think stretch-backports has it but it really is a terrible emulator (IMO).

Last edited by samikrc (2018-06-07 18:49:30)

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: Upgrade from jessie to stretch

it seems that this is related to installing VirtualBox on Debian Stretch, not running Stretch on Virtualbox

Yes that's right but don't you need those guest extensions, or something?

Anyway, I really would recommend a better option:

https://wiki.debian.org/KVM

Is the host using a Linux kernel?

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samikrc

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Re: Upgrade from jessie to stretch

Hi,

No - I am running BL guest in VBox on a Win 10 host, and yes, I would typically need the guest extensions for things to smoothly work. I looked around and it seems things might still work.

I will try this out and see how things work - will report back. Thanks for all the pointers.

hhh

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Re: Upgrade from jessie to stretch

We might unofficially support a dist-upgrade from jessie to stretch...

https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic.php?id=3403

... but trusting that is like trusting the drunken cow next door for milk advice.

That said, you're running a fake desktop, so I think you should fake go for it.

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