Jose M. Calhariz: Crossgrading a complex Desktop and Debian Developer machine running Debian 9
This article is an experiment in progress, please recheck, while I am
updating with the new information.
I have a very old installation of Debian, possibly since v2, dot not
remember, that I have upgraded since then both in software and hardware. Now
the hardware is 64bits, runs a kernel of 64bits but the run-time is still
32bits. For 99% of tasks this is very good. Now that I have made many
simulations I may have found a solution to do a crossgrade of my desktop. I
write here the tentative procedure and I will update with more ideias on the
problems that I may found.
First you need to install a 64bits kernel and boot with it. See my previous post on how
to do it.
Second you need to do a bootstrap of crossgrading and the instalation of all
the libs as amd64:
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get clean
dpkg --list > original.dpkg
apt-get --download-only install dpkg:amd64 tar:amd64 apt:amd64 bash:amd64 dash:amd64 init:amd64 mawk:amd64
cd /var/cache/apt/archives/
dpkg --install dpkg_*amd64.deb tar_*amd64.deb apt_*amd64.deb bash_*amd64.deb dash_*amd64.deb *.deb
dpkg --configure --pending
dpkg -i --skip-same-version dpkg_*_amd64.deb apt_*_amd64.deb bash_*_amd64.deb dash_*_amd64.deb mawk_*_amd64.deb *.deb
for pack32 in $(grep i386 original.dpkg egrep "^ii " awk ' print $2 ' ) ; do
echo $pack32 ;
if dpkg --status $pack32 grep -q "Multi-Arch: same" ; then
apt-get --download-only install -y --allow-remove-essential $ pack32%:i386 :amd64 ;
fi ;
done
dpkg --install /var/cache/apt/archives/*_amd64.deb
dpkg --install /var/cache/apt/archives/*_amd64.deb
dpkg --print-architecture
dpkg --print-foreign-architectures
But this procedure does not prevent the "apt-get install" to have broken
dependencies.
So trying to install the core packages and the libraries using "dpkg
-i".
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get autoremove
apt-get clean
dpkg --list > original.dpkg
apt-get --download-only install dpkg:amd64 tar:amd64 apt:amd64 bash:amd64 dash:amd64 init:amd64 mawk:amd64
for pack32 in $(grep i386 original.dpkg egrep "^ii " awk ' print $2 ' ) ; do
echo $pack32 ;
if dpkg --status $pack32 grep -q "Multi-Arch: same" ; then
apt-get --download-only install -y --allow-remove-essential $ pack32%:i386 :amd64 ;
fi ;
done
cd /var/cache/apt/archives/
dpkg --install dpkg_*amd64.deb tar_*amd64.deb apt_*amd64.deb bash_*amd64.deb dash_*amd64.deb *.deb
dpkg --configure --pending
dpkg --install --skip-same-version dpkg_*_amd64.deb apt_*_amd64.deb bash_*_amd64.deb dash_*_amd64.deb mawk_*_amd64.deb *.deb
dpkg --remove libcurl4-openssl-dev
dpkg -i libcurl4-openssl-dev_*_amd64.deb
Remove packages until all there is no brokens packages
dpkg --print-architecture dpkg --print-foreign-architectures apt-get --fix-broken --allow-remove-essential installStill broken, because apt-get removed dpkg So instead of only installing the libs with dpkg -i, I am going to try to install all the packages with dpkg -i:
apt-get update apt-get upgrade apt-get autoremove apt-get clean dpkg --list > original.dpkg apt-get --download-only install dpkg:amd64 tar:amd64 apt:amd64 bash:amd64 dash:amd64 init:amd64 mawk:amd64 for pack32 in $(grep i386 original.dpkg egrep "^ii " awk ' print $2 ' ) ; do echo $pack32 ; apt-get --download-only install -y --allow-remove-essential $ pack32%:i386 :amd64 ; done cd /var/cache/apt/archives/ dpkg --install dpkg_*amd64.deb tar_*amd64.deb apt_*amd64.deb bash_*amd64.deb dash_*amd64.deb *.deb dpkg --configure --pending dpkg --install --skip-same-version dpkg_*_amd64.deb apt_*_amd64.deb bash_*_amd64.deb dash_*_amd64.deb mawk_*_amd64.deb *.deb dpkg --configure --pendingRemove packages and reinstall selected packages until you fix all off them. Follow the trial for my machine:
dpkg --remove rkhunter dpkg --remove libmarco-private1:i386 marco mate-control-center mate-desktop-environment-core mate-desktop-environment-core mate-desktop-environment mate-desktop-environment-core mate-desktop-environment-extras dpkg --remove libmate-menu2:i386 libmate-window-settings1:i386 mate-panel mate-screensaver python-mate-menu libmate-slab0:i386 mozo mate-menus dpkg --remove libmate-menu2:i386 mate-panel python-mate-menu mate-applets mate-menus dpkg -i libmate-menu2_1.16.0-2_amd64.deb dpkg --remove gir1.2-ibus-1.0:i386 gnome-shell gnome-shell-extensions gdm3 gnome-session dpkg --remove gir1.2-ibus-1.0:i386 dpkg --remove libmateweather1:i386 dpkg -i libmateweather1_1.16.1-2_amd64.deb apt-get --fix-broken --download-only install dpkg --skip-same-version --install dpkg_*amd64.deb tar_*amd64.deb apt_*amd64.deb bash_*amd64.deb dash_*amd64.deb *.deb dpkg --configure --pending dpkg -i python_2.7.13-2_amd64.deb dpkg --configure --pending dpkg -i perl_5.24.1-3+deb9u1_amd64.deb perl-base_5.24.1-3+deb9u1_amd64.deb dpkg -i exim4-daemon-light_4.89-2+deb9u1_amd64.deb exim4-base_4.89-2+deb9u1_amd64.deb dpkg -i libuuid-perl_0.27-1_amd64.deb dpkg --configure --pending dpkg --install gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad_1.10.4-1_amd64.deb libmpeg2encpp-2.1-0_1%3a2.1.0+debian-5_amd64.deb libmplex2-2.1-0_1%3a2.1.0+debian-5_amd64.deb dpkg --configure --pending dpkg --auditNow fixing broken dependencies on apt-get. Found no other way than removing all the broken packages.
dpkg --remove $(apt-get --fix-broken install cut -f 2 -d ' ' ) apt-get install $(grep -v ":i386" ~/original.dpkg egrep "^ii" grep -v "aiccu" grep -v "acroread" grep -v "flash-player-properties" grep -v "flashplayer-mozilla" egrep -v "tp-flash-marillat" awk ' print $2 ')
What happened in the 
since people keep talking to me about my RC bug fixing activities, I thought
it might be time again for a short report. to be honest, I mostly stopped my
almost daily work at some point in december, partly because the overall
number of RC bugs affecting both