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====How to upgrade a linux Debian Distor====
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I have learned it the hardway and for years I've not been able to fully upgrade a linux Distro without errors. Most of the time I ended up to re-install the new Distro and restore the old data. 

If you follow this guide you should be abel to upgrade your Debian Distro without having to re-install it. You should be able to resolve most of the dependancy problems aswel. 

So let's get started.

First you should always use aptitude as an upgrade tool. 

Try to alway start with a client system\\
aptitude update\\
aptitude upgrade\\
apt-get autoremove\\
aptitude clean\\
aptitude install aptitude apt dpkg **or with** apt-get apt-get install apt\\
aptitude -y -s -f - -with-recommends dist-upgrade\\
aptitude safe-upgrade\\
aptitude dist-upgrade\\

Now if you encounter dependancy errors after distrib note the names of the package errors and do the following:

dpkg - -remove package_name\\
aptitude -f install\\
dpkg - -configure - -pending\\

In extreme cases you have to resolve conflicts with a force command like

dpkg -r - -force-depends and your package_name

That should do the trick.
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