Debian version upgrade instructions (11 -> 12)

Running these commands could break your system, remember to create backups!

 

Update packets:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt full-upgrade

 

Remove useless packets:

sudo apt autoremove

 

Open sources.list:

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

 

Change all "bullseye" to "bookworm":

 

After the changes the contents should look like this:

Save and exit from nano: Ctrl + S, then Ctrl + X

 

Do some more updates:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y

 

Choose <Yes>.

 

Do another full upgrade:

sudo apt full-upgrade

 

Remove useless packets and then reboot:

sudo apt autoremove

 

sudo reboot

 

Debianin should now be upgraded.

Check the version:

lsb_release -a

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