Release Notes for Debian 14 (forky) —DRAFT—

The Debian Documentation Project <https://www.debian.org/doc>.

Last updated on: 2026-08-30

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• 1. Introduction —DRAFT—
  • 1.1. Reporting bugs on this document
  • 1.2. Contributing upgrade reports
  • 1.3. Sources for this document
• 2. What’s new in Debian 14 —DRAFT—
  • 2.1. Supported architectures
  • 2.2. What’s new in the distribution?
    • 2.2.2. Desktops and well known packages
• 3. Installation System —DRAFT—
  • 3.1. What’s new in the installation system?
  • 3.2. Installing Debian Pure Blends
  • 3.3. Cloud installations
  • 3.4. Container and Virtual Machine images
• 4. Upgrades from Debian 13 (trixie) —DRAFT—
  • 4.1. Preparing for the upgrade
    • 4.1.1. Back up any data or configuration information
    • 4.1.2. Inform users in advance
    • 4.1.3. Prepare for downtime on services
    • 4.1.4. Prepare for recovery
    • 4.1.5. Prepare a safe environment for the upgrade
  • 4.2. Start from “pure” Debian
    • 4.2.1. Upgrade to Debian 13 (trixie)
    • 4.2.2. Upgrade to latest point release
    • 4.2.3. Debian Backports
    • 4.2.4. Prepare the package database
    • 4.2.5. Remove obsolete packages
    • 4.2.6. Remove non-Debian packages
    • 4.2.7. Clean up leftover configuration files
    • 4.2.8. The non-free and non-free-firmware components
    • 4.2.9. The proposed-updates section
    • 4.2.10. Unofficial sources
    • 4.2.11. Disabling APT pinning
    • 4.2.12. Check package status
  • 4.3. Preparing APT sources files
    • 4.3.1. Adding APT Internet sources
    • 4.3.2. Adding APT sources for a local mirror
    • 4.3.3. Adding APT sources from optical media
  • 4.4. Upgrading packages
    • 4.4.1. Recording the session
    • 4.4.2. Updating the package list
    • 4.4.3. Make sure you have sufficient space for the upgrade
    • 4.4.4. Stop monitoring systems
    • 4.4.5. Minimal system upgrade
    • 4.4.6. Upgrading the system
  • 4.5. Possible issues during upgrade
    • 4.5.1. Full-upgrade fails with “Could not perform immediate configuration”
    • 4.5.2. Expected removals
    • 4.5.3. Conflicts or Pre-Depends loops
    • 4.5.4. File conflicts
    • 4.5.5. Configuration changes
    • 4.5.6. Change of session to console
  • 4.6. Upgrading your kernel and related packages
    • 4.6.1. Installing a kernel metapackage
  • 4.7. Cleanup after the upgrade
  • 4.8. Cleaning up automatically installed packages
  • 4.9. Obsolete packages
    • 4.9.1. Purging removed packages
    • 4.9.2. Transitional dummy packages
• 5. Issues to be aware of for forky —DRAFT—
  • 5.1. Things to be aware of while upgrading to forky
    • 5.1.3. Things to do before rebooting
  • 5.2. Items not limited to the upgrade process
    • 5.2.1. Limitations in security support
  • 5.3. Obsolescence and deprecation
    • 5.3.1. Noteworthy obsolete packages
    • 5.3.2. Deprecated components for forky
  • 5.4. Known severe bugs
• 6. More information on Debian —DRAFT—
  • 6.1. Further reading
  • 6.2. Getting help
    • 6.2.1. Mailing lists
    • 6.2.2. Internet Relay Chat
  • 6.3. Reporting bugs
  • 6.4. Contributing to Debian
• 7. Managing your trixie system before the upgrade —DRAFT—
  • 7.1. Upgrading your trixie system
  • 7.2. Checking your APT configuration
  • 7.3. Performing the upgrade to latest trixie release
  • 7.4. Removing obsolete configuration files
• 8. Contributors to the Release Notes —DRAFT—