This article is a summary of the activities described here: https://linuxiac.com/how-to-upgrade-to-debian-13-trixie-from-12-bookworm/
DISCLAIMER The steps here has been tested but I take no responsibility for your upgrade process. This post is only me sharing the experience following the referenced guide. This is a redacted version of the full article referenced above. For detailed information you are encouraged to visit that.
1 - Update your current version and weed out removed packages sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade sudo apt full-upgrade sudo apt --purge autoremove 2 - Reboot sudo reboot 3 - Check your version cat /etc/debian_version result: 12.
Example, this searches the current directory including subdirectories and presents a prompt for deletion:
fdupes ./ -r -d
In the prompt presented use the following to select rows matching the string:
sel The selection can be inverted with
isel
Mark selected rows for keeping with
ks
Each entry has to be accepted by pressing enter. When rows has been accepted, delete the ones not selected with
prune
When done, exit the prompt with
Example, this searches the current directory including subdirectories and presents a prompt for deletion:
fdupes ./ -r -d
In the prompt presented use the following to select rows matching the string:
sel The selection can be inverted with
isel
Mark selected rows for keeping with
ks
Each entry has to be accepted by pressing enter. When rows has been accepted, delete the ones not selected with
prune
When done, exit the prompt with