{"id":7954,"date":"2016-03-11T19:42:34","date_gmt":"2016-03-12T02:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.networkpresence.co\/?p=7954"},"modified":"2016-03-11T19:42:34","modified_gmt":"2016-03-12T02:42:34","slug":"how-to-upgrade-from-debian-7-to-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.networkpresence.co\/?p=7954","title":{"rendered":"How to upgrade from Debian 7 to 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

VPS Customers running Debian 7 can upgrade to their latest OS version (currently Debian 8) with the following commands run as the root user:<\/p>\n

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade<\/code><\/p>\n

Then change any text of the word “wheezy” in \/etc\/apt\/sources.list<\/strong> to “jessie” and run the above commands again, with more upgrade commands afterwards too (as root, preferably on your VPS Console (access to which we provide)): <\/p>\n

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade<\/code><\/p>\n

And answer Y to any prompts (eg: to restart services) or let it proceed with defaults.<\/p>\n

Finally and before you reboot into your new upgraded kernel and system, it’s best to purge the obsoleted Debian 7 Packages, with the following commands run as root:<\/p>\n

apt-get purge $(dpkg -l | awk '\/^rc\/ { print $2 }')
\napt-get autoremove<\/code><\/p>\n

FYI,
\nRichard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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