On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 11:10:58AM +0200, Erwan David wrote: > Le 06/24/17 à 11:04, Andrew a écrit : > > Ive tried to update a non GUI system from Wheezy to Stretch and its gone > > horribly wrong. > > > > Theres so many errors I cant even begin to fathom out what has gone > > wrong and I think the only solution is going to be a clean install. > > > > Would I have been wise to upgrade it to Jessie first?
> Upgrade from version N to version N+2 is always prone to errors. The > only tested path is from N to N+1, thus it would have been wise to first > upgrade into Jessie. Or, depending on your settings, configurations, > services your computer provides even do a full install of stretch. You can also segment an upgrade into two, more digestible pieces. apt-get upgrade apt-get dist-upgrade -- Joel Roth