Is it possible to upgrade a Debian 8 (Jessie) to 9, 10, 11 and eventually 12? It is reccomended to upgrade one release at a time. But! 9's repositories are archived. How can I upgrade form 8 to 9?
Thank you in advance!
Is it possible to upgrade a Debian 8 (Jessie) to 9, 10, 11 and eventually 12? It is reccomended to upgrade one release at a time. But! 9's repositories are archived. How can I upgrade form 8 to 9?
Thank you in advance!
6 Comments
xkforce@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 3y
Tbh... Itd probably be easier to back up files and settings and do a clean install of 12. If you try to upgrade in a chain like what you are wanting to do, not only is it going to be very tedious, something is virtually certain to break in a way that will make it much easier to just install from scratch.
9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 3y
If OP has good backups, they should try to upgrade from 8 directly to 12.... For science
urb5tar@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
It’s maybe possible but pain. I tried once and it lasts hours and hours. It’s easier to install new and migrate your configs.
la_tete_de_melon@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 3y
Use the archive?
deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free deb http://archive.debian.org/debian/ stretch-proposed-updates main contrib non-free deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates main contrib non-free
I gotta ask though, why?
Magellan@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
This is the way.
marvin@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 2y
Yes that's the recommended path.
Information on how to upgrade can be found in the official documentation:
https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.html
https://www.debian.org/releases/buster/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.html
https://www.debian.org/releases/bullseye/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.html
https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.html
As others pointed out it might be a PITA. Depending on your installed software and configuration a new install might be easier.