I had this issue before… ive always tried not to upgrade my PI using sudo apt-get update and apt-get upgrade but once in a while you do kinda the missed up so this is my issue
If i do a fresh install of hassbian image… everything works right out of the box… no problem
but when i upgrade using sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade my whole system get all weird… i loose all my GPIO switches… it only happen when i do sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade which is upgrading the whole PI
If you’re not doing upgrade, you don’t need to update. Update updates the list of software before you upgrade. If you don’t want to upgrade, don’t do either.
Sorry, I presumed you were only using the device for homeassistant.
Yes, you’ll want to update before installing other packages.
You’re just going to have to learnt he difference and type the correct commands tbh. Plus, upgrade will ask for confirmation before upgrading any packages, so you could always say No.
why would you NOT want to upgrade to get security patches and bug fixes? This seems counter intuitive to me.
sudo apt-get update merely grabs the latest ‘pointers’ to installed software to tell the system what the newer versions will be.
sudo apt-get upgrade will actually upgrade things.
I am going to guess that you got bit one time with a bug during an upgrade, lost your GPIO, and never wanted to upgrade again. I bet they fixed the bug immediately, but you were too afraid to try it again after being burned once. I have been using pi’s for YEARS, and never NOT upgraded them. You should always upgrade your system if it connects to the internet.