Re: Upgrading the system and installing Gambas from binary packages

[Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think if you have opened the /etc/apt/sources.list file to edit and
changed bullseye to bookworm then you should have the intelligence to also
change the Gambas repository links to bullseye as well, like willy said.

"Edit all source references to point to the new distro (so gambas source
reference included if installed from OSB for example)"

The wiki is not "missing" any info. Unless it needs to be a complete idiot
guide.

ANY of you can add info to the wiki so add some if you feel it's important
info.

Why only write the info on the binary package install?, surely it's also
missing from the compilation pages too with your logic?

BruceS


On Tue, 25 Nov 2025, 05:07 Admin, <admin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 24.11.2025 23:13, gbWilly пишет:
> > On Monday, November 24th, 2025 at 16:46, Gianluigi <gradobag@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Benoit, gbWilly, Lee
> >>
> >> The wiki is missing a warning that when automatically upgrading to a
> >> later system version, you must delete the old Gambas and additional
> >> repositories, then reinstall everything following the instructions for
> >> the new system version.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Gianluigi
> > No you don't, you simply change the source to point to the newer
> distribution before you do a distro update (like from jammy to noble for
> example).
> >
> > Distro updates mainly comes down to:
> > apt-get update
> > apt-get upgrade
> > apt-get full-upgrade
> > apt-get autoremove
> > reboot
> >
> > Next prepare the system for the actual distro upgrade by:
> > Edit all source references to point to the new distro (so gambas source
> reference included if installed from OSB for example)
> >
> > Next do:
> > apt-get update
> > apt upgrade --without-new-pkgs (minimal upgrade -> advised)
> > apt-get full-upgrade
> > reboot
> >
> > Your system should reboot with your gambas3 upgraded
> > Where in that process do you see gambas being removed (provided you
> installed from repository)?
> >
> >
> > gbWilly
> >
> > GambOS
> > Gambas3 for Debian/Ubuntu
> >
> > ...there is always a Catch if things go wrong!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Actually on Debian Gambas really prevents, for example, updating from 11
> to 12. If Gambas is installed under Debian 11, and you change bullseye
> to bookworm in sources.list, when dist-updating Gambas packages, it
> causes conflicts of dependencies. You have to remove Gambas first, then
> dist-upgrade, then install new Gambas from packages using apt. I cannot
> provide you with more information, I kinda got used to it, treating it
> as a feature, not a bug, and I don't remember which dependency was a
> problem, but I updated quite a few 11th to 12th always facing this
> problem, going through dpkg --fix-broken all the time. So yes, globally
> Gianluigi is right.
>
> Dmitry
>
>
>