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Updated Debian12>13 and now software updates are failing (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/linux4noobs@programming.dev
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Hiya,

I've been meaning to switch off of Debian for a while but I'm intimidated by fear of having a worse experience and my only PC (work and personal) being out of action until I get it sorted. Maybe the time has come to take my current distro behind the woodshed.

I updated from Debian 12 to 13 yesterday, following the instructions here: https://www.linuxlookup.com/howto/upgrade_debian_12_debian_13

The last step fails, and I assume that's why I'm now in trouble.

$ sudo apt modernize-sources
E: Invalid operation modernize-sources

Searching for "Invalid operation modernize-sources" gives me literally zero results from DDG.

After reboot I opened KDE Discover and checked for updates - there are 2,000+. Yeesh. OK. I haven't found one that will actually update, presumably because the sources are wrong? I get different errors.

For example, updating the Clock (I can't believe the clock needs updating) auto-selects some other packages, I assume dependencies. Many minutes later I get the error:

The PackageKit daemon has crashed:
The PackageKit daemon has crashed

Firefox doesn't select any other options, but fails quickly with:

Dependency resolution failed:<br/><br/>The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  libreoffice-core: Depends: libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 (&gt;= 1.0.0) but it is not going to be installed
                    Recommends: gstreamer1.0-plugins-base but it is not going to be installed
                    Recommends: gstreamer1.0-plugins-good but it is not going to be installed
                    Recommends: gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly but it is not going to be installed
                    Recommends: gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad but it is not going to be installed
                    Recommends: gstreamer1.0-libav but it is not going to be installed

Is this worth fixing? Is it a sign to finally kill my Debian and try something new?

A kind lemming suggested Nixos and was persuasive, but my reading indicates that's more for sysadmins deploying systems than for a bearded guy in his home office with one PC.

I just want my computer to work...

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[–] 5 points 1 year ago

There shouldn't be any updates available after doing a full upgrade. Maybe you forgot one of the apt full-upgrade steps. That should have upgraded apt to give you new options. So just do that.

I'd also use the official documentation. https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/release-notes/upgrading.en.html

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    [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    The last step fails, and I assume that’s why I’m now in trouble.

    $ sudo apt modernize-sources E: Invalid operation modernize-sources

    Not sure about the error but I kind of doubt modernize-sources would make/break your upgrade. I did a clean full install of Debian 13 and the sources file wasn't even modernized on that, it's still the old version. Would be very surprised if somehow sources is following a different requirement for a Debian 13 upgrade.

    From the error maybe your version of apt doesn't support the "modernize-sources" option.. but that itself isn't relevant to your Debian upgrade.

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