Hi there. Excalibur has been released now for testing purposes. I see that you are no longer using ‘sources.list’ but etc/apt/sources.list.d instead for list management.
The instructions on devuan.org are for changing the sources.list file so for those trying an upgrade, they would copy the commands at devuan.org straight into etc/apt/sources.list.d instead ?. Would we just change the wording from bookworm to trixie and from daedalus to excalibur on the peppermint list and add the devuan commands as another file alongside the mutlimedia and peppermint lists already there ?
I am hoping to do an upgrade as I have my system as I really like it and sometimes it takes so much time to do a reinstall from scratch. I have one folder which is 1.7 TB ! so it takes a while to copy that over to a new setup :). Upgrading means a lot less work ha ha.
Thanks for any help and all your hard work.
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You could create a source.lists at /etc/apt and put in there what the Devuan tutorial tells you. It will work, The reason it will work is Debian and Devuan still support the sources.list file.
The only note is..... eventually that .list file will go away You can see the intention with it at this wiki...its not happening so quickly ...LOL its moving at Debian pace.... https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList look at the sources.list format section
We just dropped the .list now so we can get used to the Deb822 format and not worry about the old format
2.To use the new format you are correct create a file in the etc/apt/sources.list.d
Named yoursfile.sources
Format it like this:
Types: deb
URI: THIS IS WHERE YOU PUT THE TUTORIAL REPO LINK
Suites: excalibur
Components: main non-free non-free-firmware contrib
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/devuan-archive-keyring.gpg
Enabled: yes
Hope that helps
Last edit: Peppermint OS 2026-05-13
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Thanks Peppermint OS for details. Doesnt seem to like it when I put the file into sources.list.d. I'll try again, otherwise I see there is no rush to upgrade anyway ( June 2028 I think :) )
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I keep getting error message that there is a problem with peppermint excalibur repo. I copied file as directed but install doesnt recognise types on line 1 and http://devuan.org and any derivatives not accessable either. So attemps to upgrade via the old sources.list and also sources.list.d all fail.
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Hi there. Excalibur has been released now for testing purposes. I see that you are no longer using ‘sources.list’ but etc/apt/sources.list.d instead for list management.
The instructions on devuan.org are for changing the sources.list file so for those trying an upgrade, they would copy the commands at devuan.org straight into etc/apt/sources.list.d instead ?. Would we just change the wording from bookworm to trixie and from daedalus to excalibur on the peppermint list and add the devuan commands as another file alongside the mutlimedia and peppermint lists already there ?
I am hoping to do an upgrade as I have my system as I really like it and sometimes it takes so much time to do a reinstall from scratch. I have one folder which is 1.7 TB ! so it takes a while to copy that over to a new setup :). Upgrading means a lot less work ha ha.
Thanks for any help and all your hard work.
You have few options.....
The only note is..... eventually that .list file will go away You can see the intention with it at this wiki...its not happening so quickly ...LOL its moving at Debian pace....
https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList look at the sources.list format section
We just dropped the .list now so we can get used to the Deb822 format and not worry about the old format
2.To use the new format you are correct create a file in the etc/apt/sources.list.d
Named yoursfile.sources
Format it like this:
Hope that helps
Last edit: Peppermint OS 2026-05-13
Thanks Peppermint OS for details. Doesnt seem to like it when I put the file into sources.list.d. I'll try again, otherwise I see there is no rush to upgrade anyway ( June 2028 I think :) )
Hi there. Sadly, no success on upgrading from daedalus to excalibur:(. Tried several different combinations. Run out of ideas :)
I keep getting error message that there is a problem with peppermint excalibur repo. I copied file as directed but install doesnt recognise types on line 1 and http://devuan.org and any derivatives not accessable either. So attemps to upgrade via the old sources.list and also sources.list.d all fail.
Anyone else having upgrading issues ? Thanks so much.