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Upgrade Raspbian Stretch to Raspbian Buster on a Raspberry Pi
Marco Franssen
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In this post, I want to keep a concise record of how I upgraded a Raspberry Pi from Raspbian Stretch to Raspbian Buster.
First, check that your current version is Raspbian Stretch. The easiest way is to enter the following command in your terminal.
$ cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)"
NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="9"
VERSION="9 (stretch)"
ID=raspbian
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianForums"
BUG_REPORT_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianBugs"If the output shows version 8 (jessie), follow my Jessie-to-Stretch guide first. If it shows version 9 (stretch), continue below.
First, I make sure all available patches are installed on the current version. I always do this to reduce the risk of problems caused by outdated packages.
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgradeNext, I'll update the APT sources to use the Buster repositories. You can manually replace stretch with buster in /etc/apt/sources.list and the relevant /etc/apt/sources.list.d/* files, or use the sed commands below. Check the result with cat, if only for your peace of mind.
$ sudo sed -i 's/stretch/buster/g' /etc/apt/sources.list
$ sudo sed -i 's/stretch/buster/g' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/raspi.list
$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/raspi.list
deb http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/ buster main ui staging
# Uncomment line below then 'apt-get update' to enable 'apt-get source'
#deb-src http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/ buster main uiNow you can start the upgrade. It may take a couple of hours, depending on your network speed, so make sure you have time for the remaining steps. You'll need to answer a few prompts along the way. In my case, I encountered a broken package and fixed it with apt --fix-broken install. You may not need that command if you don't encounter the same issue.
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt --fix-broken install #only if you got a broken package install in previous step
sudo apt upgrade-distNext, as recommended by the Raspberry Pi team, remove the following packages, which are installed with Buster but can't be used on your Raspberry Pi. I also clean up APT with the second and third commands. Since this is a distribution upgrade, I finish with a reboot.
sudo apt purge timidity lxmusic gnome-disk-utility deluge-gtk evince wicd wicd-gtk clipit usermode gucharmap gnome-system-tools pavucontrol
sudo apt autoclean
sudo apt autoremove
sudo rebootFinally, check your OS release. It should now show version 10 (buster).
$ cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)"
NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="10"
VERSION="10 (buster)"
VERSION_CODENAME=buster
ID=raspbian
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianForums"
BUG_REPORT_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianBugs"Summary
Here's the command sequence for upgrading your Raspberry Pi to Raspbian Buster. I've added the -y flag to the package commands to automatically confirm prompts.
$ cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)"
NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="9"
VERSION="9 (stretch)"
ID=raspbian
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianForums"
BUG_REPORT_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianBugs"
$ sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
$ sudo sed -i 's/stretch/buster/g' /etc/apt/sources.list
$ sudo sed -i 's/stretch/buster/g' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/raspi.list
$ sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
$ sudo apt --fix-broken install #only if you got a broken package install in previous step
$ sudo apt dist-upgrade -y
$ sudo apt purge -y timidity lxmusic gnome-disk-utility deluge-gtk evince wicd wicd-gtk clipit usermode gucharmap gnome-system-tools $ pavucontrol
$ sudo apt autoclean -y
$ sudo apt autoremove -y
$ sudo rebootAfter rebooting, check your OS version once more. It should show version 10 (buster).
$ cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)"
NAME="Raspbian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="10"
VERSION="10 (buster)"
VERSION_CODENAME=buster
ID=raspbian
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianForums"
BUG_REPORT_URL="http://www.raspbian.org/RaspbianBugs"References:
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