How to solve raspberry pi failing to update because of repository suite value

written by Eric J. Ma on 2022-08-20 | tags: raspberry pi linux til

Today I learned how to solve yet another fairly esoteric issue with apt.

Today I learned a new thing trying to install Tailscale on the Raspberry Pi machine responsible for running Pihole.

Part of the install script involves doing an apt-get update. On running the command, I would get:

E: Repository 'http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian buster InRelease' changed its 'Suite' value from 'testing' to 'stable'
N: This must be accepted explicitly before updates for this repository can be applied. See apt-secure(8) manpage for details.

After a bit of digging, I saw a blog post on kraaima.com that describes the solution:

sudo apt-get update --allow-releaseinfo-change

This will bypass the error message listed above.

After that, we do an upgrade:

sudo apt-get upgrade

After this, updates & upgrades should resume regular working operation.

Cite this blog post:

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    author = {Eric J. Ma},
    title = {How to solve raspberry pi failing to update because of repository suite value},
    year = {2022},
    month = {08},
    day = {20},
    howpublished = {\url{https://ericmjl.github.io}},
    journal = {Eric J. Ma's Blog},
    url = {https://ericmjl.github.io/blog/2022/8/20/how-to-solve-raspberry-pi-failing-to-update-because-of-repository-suite-value},
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