IMX8 Debian Package Update

Upgrading Debain Packages

Debian Package Upgrade

By default Debian release uses snapshot at the time of release. The package upgrade requires manual addition to the latest apt resources.

Adding Debian.org to apt source list

# echo "deb   main contrib nono-free" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian_update.list
# echo "deb-src   main contrib nono-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian_update.list
# echo "deb  -backports main contrib nono-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian_update.list
# echo "deb-src  -backports main contrib nono-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian_update.list

Updating package repo

# apt-get update

Installing / Upgrading to latest package

# apt-get --only-upgrade install <package name>

i.e if you wish to upgrade apache2 below is example of it.

# apt-get --only-upgrade install apache2