{"id":8911,"date":"2018-09-07T04:19:59","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T11:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.networkpresence.co\/?p=8911"},"modified":"2018-09-07T04:37:36","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T11:37:36","slug":"how-to-upgrade-from-debian-8-to-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.networkpresence.co\/?p=8911","title":{"rendered":"How to upgrade from Debian 8 to 9"},"content":{"rendered":"

VPS Customers running Debian 8 can upgrade to their latest OS version (currently Debian 9) 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 “jessie” in \/etc\/apt\/sources.list<\/strong> to “stretch” 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, and when changelogs are being listed, press ‘q’ at the ‘:’ prompt to quit their listing.<\/p>\n

Finally and before you reboot into your new upgraded kernel and system, it’s best to purge the obsoleted Debian 8 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.
\n** PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU SHOULD TAKE A FULLY RESTORABLE IMAGE OF YOUR VPS BEFORE DOING THIS UPGRADE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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