[clug] Problem upgrading Debian Squeeze to Wheezy

[Scott Ferguson]

On 28/06/13 13:43, Ian Matters wrote:
> Good afternoon Cluggers.


Any backports or other (than Squeeze) repostitories (check
/etc/apt/sources.list.d)

Also check /etc/apt/apt.conf and /etc/apt/apt.conf.d for any rules that
will cause problems.


I've included what I do, as well as answers to your questions (these are
common problems others will encounter).

> 
> I just now tried to upgrade an installation of Debian Squeeze to Wheezy and have run into a problem. I've done:

I usually start with:-
su -c "script -f ~/upgradeSqueeze2Wheezy"

> 
> # apt-get update

su -c "deborphan", then, if you get a result:-
su -c "apt-get --purge remove `deborphan`"

> # apt-get upgrade
> # apt-get dist-upgrade
> # dpkg --audit
> # dpkg --get-selections | grep hold [no packages were on hold]
> # aptitude [then pressed "g" and got "No packages are scheduled to be installed, removed or upgraded"]


It's recommended *not* to use aptitude
The official guide is here:-
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/releasenotes (pick the relevant port).

> 
> Then I edited /etc/apt/sources.list changing Squeeze entries to Wheezy entries, the I used:

su -c "sed -i "s#squeeze#wheezy#g" /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt
sources.list.d/*.list"

> 
> # apt-get update
> # apt-get upgrade
> # apt-get dist-upgrade
> 
> And rebooted. 

not necessary - I've upgraded a number of servers and desktops from
(pure) Squeeze to Wheezy (dovecot is tricky).

> Then I used:
> 
> # apt-get update
> # apt-get upgrade
> 
> at which point I received the message "0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 911 not upgraded".
> 
> I then tried:
> 
> # apt-get dist-upgrade
> 
> and received the message:
> 
> "910 upgraded, 704 newly installed, 70 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> Need to get 3,810 B/1,080 MB of archives.
> After this operation, 741 MB of additional disk space will be used.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
> Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main javascript-common all 7 [3,810 B]
> Fetched 3,810 B in 0s (6,003 B/s)            
> E: Could not perform immediate configuration on 'default-jre'. Please see man 5 apt.conf under APT::Immediate-Configure for details. (2)"
> 
> My question is how do I force the installation of the 911 packages?


su -c "apt-get --force-yes dist-upgrade"  #direct answer

su -c "apt-get --no-install-recommends dist-upgrade"  #I do *not*
recommend doing this... at the very least add the simulate switch before
actually performing it.

failing that, just remove java, upgrade, re-install java
su -c "update-java-alternatives --list" # to see what "java" you have
installed.

if that fails.... try using --trivial-only in combination with
--no-install-recommends then do the rest with dpkg.


NOTE: I always recommend:-
su -c "apt-get -d dist-upgrade;apt-get dist-upgrade"

> 
> Ian Matters
> 
> <ian at matters.id.au>
> ---
> 
> 

Kind regards