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So, I've had a Raspberry Pi 4 sitting brand new in a box for a few years, and decided to install BirdNetPi on it yesterday.

It's working like a champ, but because BirdNetPi needed a legacy version of Raspian, it's got old software on it.

Is there any way to update the software (i.e. RealVNC) without updating the OS? There is no built-in software updater, and I seem to very easily break Linux every time I make an attempt to use it. LOL

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Maybe sudo apt upgrade package-name

I hardly ever have to upgrade just one package. Otherwise, you'll need an updated .deb package and use dpkg

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'd rather update anything that's old, as long as it stays on the same OS version (Bullseye and not Bookworm).

With newer versions of Raspian or any version of Linux, there seems to be a software update GUI that makes this pretty easy, but I'm taking stabs in the dark with this legacy version.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

As long as your apt sources (/etc/apt/sources.list) are set to bullseye (and not eg. stable) you won't "accidentally" upgrade to bookworm. At least that's how it works in Debian, I assume raspbian is the same.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I appreciate that! Thanks.