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Update Debian To Debian Sid

Debian Sid (Unstable) isn't a release distro, is most like a rolling development version of Debian.

How to Install

Install the current stable release, the minimal installation will be the best option. Then:

Change the apt sources

sudo vim /etc/apt/sources.list

You can comment out all the lines in the source.list file and add this two lines to the file

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian sid main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian sid main contrib non-free

Or you can add this lines to the file

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free

Save and close the file

Upgrade the system

Now that the sources.list has been edited run

sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade

This upgrade will take some time, if everything goes without any error reboot the system

sudo reboot

After all that do your stuff, install all the software you need, desktop environment if you use it, or like the normal folks do install a windows manager and build your own desktop.

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