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I am trying to update my Kali version to 2020.3 from 2020.1 as I have many important files and tools installed, but I was not able to do it.

I consulted this site https://www.kali.org/docs/general-use/updating-kali/

I tried sudo apt full-upgrade but nothing happened. The version is still 2020.1.

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Kali
Description:    Kali GNU/Linux Rolling
Release:        2020.1
Codename:       kali-rolling

$ sudo apt full-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  clang-9 libclang-common-9-dev libclang-cpp9 libz3-dev llvm-9 llvm-9-dev llvm-9-runtime llvm-9-tools
The following packages will be upgraded:
  clang libomp-8-dev libomp5-8 libpocl2 libpocl2-common pocl-opencl-icd
6 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 47.2 MB/61.0 MB of archives.
After this operation, 310 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
Get:1 https://kali.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 libpocl2 amd64 1.4-6 [15.8 MB]
Get:2 https://kali.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 libpocl2-common all 1.4-6 [79.2 kB]
Get:3 https://kali.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 libz3-dev amd64 4.8.7-4 [87.3 kB]
Get:4 https://kali.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 llvm-9-runtime amd64 1:9.0.1-9 [212 kB]
Get:5 https://kali.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 llvm-9 amd64 1:9.0.1-9 [4,850 kB]
Get:6 https://kali.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 llvm-9-tools amd64 1:9.0.1-9 [328 kB]
Get:7 https://kali.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 llvm-9-dev amd54 1:9.0.1-9 [25.9 MB]
Fetched 39.9 MB in 13s (2,990 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package libclang-ccp9.
(Reading database ... 251246 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../00-libclang-ccp9_1%3a9.0.1-9_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libclang-cpp9 (1:9.0.1-9) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libclang-common-9-dev.
Preparing to unpack .../01-libclang-common-9-dev_1%3a9.0.1-9_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libclang-common-9-dev (1:9.0.1-9) ...
Selecting previously unselected package clang-9.
Preparing to unpack .../02-clang-9_1%3a9.0.1-9_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking clang-9 (1:9.0.1-9) ...
Preparing to unpack .../03-clang_1%3a9.0-49_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking clang (1:9.0-49) over (1:8.0-48.3) ...
Preparing to unpack .../04-libomp-8-dev_1%3a8.0.1-8_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libomp-8-dev (1:8.0.1-8) over (1:8.0.1-4) ...
Preparing to unpack .../05-libomp5-8_1%3a8.0.1-8_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libomp5-8:amd64 (1:8.0.1-8) over (1:8.0.1-4) ...
Preparing to unpack .../06-pocl-opencl-icd_1.4-6_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking pocl-opencl-icd:amd64 (1.4-6) over (1.3-10) ...
Preparing to unpack .../07-libpocl2_1.4-6_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking ibpocl2:amd64 (1.4-6) over (1.3-10) ...
Preparing to unpack .../08-libpocl2-common_1.4-6_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking ibpocl2-common (1.4-6) over (1.3-10) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libz3-dev:amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../09-libz3-dev_4.8.7-4_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libz3-dev:amd64 (4.8.7-4) ...
Selecting previously unselected package llvm-9-runtime.
Preparing to unpack .../10-llvm-9-runtime_1%3a9.0.1-9_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking llvm-9-runtime (1:9.0.1-9) ...
Selecting previously unselected package llvm-9.
Preparing to unpack .../11-llvm-9_1%3a9.0.1-9_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking llvm-9 (1:9.0.1-9) ...
Selecting previously unselected package llvm-9-tools.
Preparing to unpack .../12-llvm-9-tools_1%3a9.0.1-9_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking llvm-9-tools (1:9.0.1-9) ...
Selecting previously unselected package llvm-9-dev.
Preparing to unpack .../13-llvm-9-dev_1%3a9.0.1-9_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking llvm-9-dev (1:9.0.1-9) ...
Setting up libz3-dev:amd64 (4.8.7-4) ...

$ grep Version /etc/os-release
VERSION="2020.1"
VERSION_ID="2020.1"
VERSION_CODENAME="kali-rolling"

$ sudo apt full-uprade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

$ sudo apt update
Hit:1 http://kali.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/kali kali-rolling InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.

sources.list below

deb http://kali.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib
deb-src http://kali.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib

I could still install a fresh Kali 2020.3, but it will take a lot of time to download and install all the tools. I have a really slow internet.

Please help.

Roman Riabenko
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You are using the mirror http://kali.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/kali. At the moment, it has an older snapshot of the Kali Linux repository. For example, its base-files version is 1:2020.1.0 while in Kali Linux 2020.3 it is 1:2020.3.1. That is why you cannot upgrade to 2020.3 with your configuration now.

According to kali.org wiki, your sources.list should contain only the default host, which will redirect apt to the nearest up-to-date mirror automatically:

deb http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib

Change your sources.list to that one line and try again.

That single line in sources.list should be enough. You could also add another line for programs' source code as explained at kali.org. The lines in sources.list which start with deb are for pre-compiled binary packages, which are ready to run. The lines which start with deb-src are for source code, which you have to compile into binary before running. If you wonder whether you need that, you, likely, don't. The difference between deb and deb-src lines in sources.list was also explained before.

Roman Riabenko
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