How to update Debian Jesse repos in 2023

[rf_bandit]

Recently bought a BB but I wasn't able to update or install packages out of the box. This is what worked for me:

replace original /etc/sources.list with:

deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ jessie main non-free contrib
deb-src http://archive.debian.org/debian/ jessie main non-free contrib
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-security/ jessie/updates main non-free contrib
deb-src http://archive.debian.org/debian-security/ jessie/updates main non-free contrib

and run

apt-update

It will give a keyring error. I tried both:

apt-get install debian-archive-keyring
apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com 7638D0442B90D010

but neither worked.  Still seems I can apt-get install <package> though.

Next, I ran:

apt-upgrade

and upgraded everything. It gave me a locale error which I fixed with

dpkg-reconfigure locales

(set to en_US.UTF-8)

I have also found a way to get extended LTS until 2025 but I haven't tested it:

https://www.freexian.com/lts/extended/docs/how-to-use-extended-lts/

 

Hope this helps anyone with a similar question.

[dark_pyrro]

Just some comments:

9 hours ago, rf_bandit said:

/etc/sources.list

Should be

/etc/apt/sources.list

 

And

9 hours ago, rf_bandit said:

apt-update

 

9 hours ago, rf_bandit said:

apt-upgrade

aren't valid commands, it should be

apt update
apt upgrade

However, I would be careful to do an upgrade. It might work, but can also possibly break Bunny functionality.

It's possible to add [trusted=yes] to each line in /etc/apt/sources.list but it will probably not be stopping apt/dpkg from complaining.

Also, when installing packages using apt, it's possible to add -oAcquire::AllowInsecureRepositories=true

For example:

apt install build-essential

would be

apt -oAcquire::AllowInsecureRepositories=true install build-essential

Errors will most likely still show in some form or at some point, but Jessie is an old distro release so not that surprising.

[rf_bandit]

Thanks for the proofreading lol. i made a lot of typos.

Yes, apt upgrade maybe breaks ATTACKMODE RNDIS_ETHERNET. Not sure how. Might be related to isc-dhcp-server?