===== Upgrade Sparky from 8 to 9 ===== It should work with no problems, but remember: You do that on your own risk! To make dist upgrade from Sparky 8 to 9 do: 1. Backup your personal files to external disk or partition. 2. Change Debian repositories from **trixie** to **forky** at the file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.sources (new way) Types: deb deb-src URIs: http://deb.debian.org/debian/ Suites: forky Components: main contrib non-free non-free-firmware Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg Types: deb deb-src URIs: http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ Suites: forky-security/updates Components: main contrib non-free non-free-firmware Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg Types: deb deb-src URIs: http://deb.debian.org/debian/ Suites: forky-updates Components: main contrib non-free non-free-firmware Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-keyring.gpg or /etc/apt/sources.list (old way) deb http://deb.debian.org/debian forky main contrib non-free non-free-firmware deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian forky main contrib non-free non-free-firmware deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ forky-security/updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ forky-security/updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware deb http://deb.debian.org/debian forky-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian forky-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware deb http://deb-multimedia.org/ forky main non-free 3. Change Sparky repositories from **sisters** to **tiamat** at the file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sparky.sources So it should look like that (new way): Types: deb deb-src URIs: https://repo.sparkylinux.org/ Suites: core Components: main Signed-By: /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/sparky-repo.asc Types: deb deb-src URIs: https://repo.sparkylinux.org/ Suites: tiamat Components: main Signed-By: /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/sparky-repo.asc or /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sparky.list (old way): deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/sparky.gpg.key] https://repo.sparkylinux.org/ core main deb-src [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/sparky.gpg.key] https://repo.sparkylinux.org/ core main deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/sparky.gpg.key] https://repo.sparkylinux.org/ forky main deb-src [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/sparky.gpg.key] https://repo.sparkylinux.org/ forky main 4. Refresh package list: sudo apt update 5. Dist upgrade now: sudo apt full-upgrade If any problem run: sudo dpkg-reconfigure -a sudo apt install -f