I recently updated from bookworm to trixie, here's how i did it:

 

commands:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo cp -p /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.bak
sudo sed -i 's,bookworm,trixie,g' /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo cp -p /etc/apt/sources.list.d/armbian.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/armbian.list.bak 
sudo sed -i 's,bookworm,trixie,g' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/armbian.list
sudo apt dist-upgrade

 

/etc/apt/sources.list :

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
# deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie main contrib non-free non-free-firmware

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
# deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie-backports main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
# deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie-backports main contrib non-free non-free-firmware

deb http://security.debian.org/ trixie-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
# deb-src http://security.debian.org/ trixie-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware

 

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/armbian.list:

deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/armbian.gpg] http://beta.armbian.com trixie main trixie-utils trixie-desktop

 

Edited September 29, 20251 yr by Dantes
updated with armbian.list

You should also be updating your /etc/apt/sources.list.d/armbian.list as well (otherwise you will be mixing bookworm armbian packages with trixie debian packages)

Thanks for your sharing!

 

While I was trying to perform the upgrade for a Pine64, I happily notice that the latest release of armbian-config actually have an option for the distro upgrade. By following the wizard, Debian was upgrade to trixie.