Debian 8 (Jessie) is the most recent stable version of Debian Linux, released in April 2015. This guide explains how to upgrade your system from Debian 7 (Wheezy) to Debian 8. These steps can be preformed as an in place upgrade on a live system from either a local terminal or SSH session to a remote system.

Official support for Debian 6.0 (code name "squeeze") ended in April 2014, however, the project announced Long Term Support (LTS) security updates until February 2016. You can use LTS in adding the repository to your sources.list and updating your system.

Debian 7 (Wheezy) is the most recent stable version of Debian Linux, released in May 2013. This guide explains how to upgrade your system from Debian 6 (Squeeze) to Debian 7. These steps can be preformed as an in place upgrade on a live system from either a local terminal or SSH session to a remote system.