Update Debian 12 to 13: Trixie | Raspberry Pi / Debian Guide

Watch the video:

0:00 - Intro/Explanation
0:30 - Updating
1:03 - Backups
2:20 - FrankenDebian
2:38 - Check space
2:55 - Update sources
4:35 - Upgrading to Debian 13 Trixie
5:30 - Raspberry Pi on Debian 13

Using Debian 12 and want to update to Debian 13? This guide shows you how to update your Raspberri Pi to Debian 13 Trixie. Updating a normal Debian system? Just use the normal upgrade command, instead of the long Pi-specific command below:

Backups: sudo tar -czf /backup/etc-backup-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /etc/
Don’t break Debian: https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian

Default trixie sources.list:
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/ trixie-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmwares

Upgrade command: sudo apt full-upgrade -y -o Dpkg::Options::="–force-confdef" -o Dpkg::Options::="–force-confnew" –purge –auto-remove rpd-wayland-all+ rpd-x-all+