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Upgrade old version of Debian (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by christ0st@lemm.ee to c/debian@lemmy.ml

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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!

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[–] marvin@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.