Any way to update the software in Raspian without updating the OS? - eviltoast

So, I’ve had a Raspberry Pi 4 sitting brand new in a box for a few years, and decided to install BirdNetPi on it yesterday.

It’s working like a champ, but because BirdNetPi needed a legacy version of Raspian, it’s got old software on it.

Is there any way to update the software (i.e. RealVNC) without updating the OS? There is no built-in software updater, and I seem to very easily break Linux every time I make an attempt to use it. LOL

  • Deckweiss@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    7 months ago

    Ah makes sense. Still there should be no issue with doing stuff the normal way.

    apt update doesn’t update your OS to a whole new version.

    The command for an OS update is something like “do-release-upgrade” (but I forgot the exact name since I havent used debian for years)

    • 4am@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      7 months ago

      Only on Ubuntu based distros AFAIK but sudo do-release-upgrade is the correct command