Upgrade Almalinux 8 to 9

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Upgrade Almalinux 8 to 9

Postby serveroffer » 2025 Feb 13, 00:37

Upgrade requires x86-64-v2 CPU.

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Update currently installed packages:

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dnf update -y

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yum install http://repo.almalinux.org/elevate/elevate-release-latest-el$(rpm --eval %rhel).noarch.rpm -y

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yum install leapp-upgrade vdo leapp-data-almalinux -y

Update entries in file:

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vi /etc/sysconfig/selinux

change from SELINUX=enforcing
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SELINUX=disabled

Do pre-upgrade

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leapp preupgrade

If you get "Upgrade has been inhibited" type of error, you need to solve it before moving forward.
Continue:

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rmmod pata_acpi

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leapp answer --section remove_pam_pkcs11_module_check.confirm=True

Do actual upgrade:

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leapp upgrade

Reboot after upgrade:

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reboot

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