You have to at least modify your sources.list.d manually first. For most people, updating sources.list.d and running full-upgrade will probably work fine…
The full instructions are
run dist-upgrade
remove back ports
remove obsolete packages
remove non-debian packages
clean up old configuration files
add non-free-firmware (this is a 12 -> 13 specific)
remove proposed updates
disable pinning
update sources.list.d to point to the next release
apt upgrade --without-new-packages
apt full-upgrade
It takes like an hour? but it’s still not “just press okay.”
Ubuntu’s has broken on some upgrades for friends and they had to do the whole Debian process manually, but it does try to automate the removals, disablements, and updating sources
Edit: instructions taken from Trixie release. I skipped some that aren’t really unique, like make a backup
They’re talking about a Debian 12 -> Debian 13 upgrade
On Debian, you get release notes on what commands to run.
Ubuntu has their own software update utility, separate from Software Center or Discover, that runs the commands for you
Ahhh OK. I’ve always gone fresh for a full upgrade. But does
apt dist-upgradenot work? That’s what the docs say to do.You have to at least modify your sources.list.d manually first. For most people, updating sources.list.d and running full-upgrade will probably work fine…
The full instructions are
It takes like an hour? but it’s still not “just press okay.”
Ubuntu’s has broken on some upgrades for friends and they had to do the whole Debian process manually, but it does try to automate the removals, disablements, and updating sources
Edit: instructions taken from Trixie release. I skipped some that aren’t really unique, like make a backup
https://www.debian.org/releases/trixie/release-notes/upgrading.en.html
Ahh yea, thats not too great