Rocky version upgrade instructions (8 -> 9)
Running these commands could break your system, remember to create backups!
First update system package repository:
sudo dnf upgrade --refresh
Then add new version repositories:
REPO_URL="https://download.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/9/BaseOS/x86_64/os/Packages/r"
RELEASE_PKG="rocky-release-9.2-1.6.el9.noarch.rpm"
REPOS_PKG="rocky-repos-9.2-1.6.el9.noarch.rpm"
GPG_KEYS_PKG="rocky-gpg-keys-9.2-1.6.el9.noarch.rpm"sudo dnf install $REPO_URL/$RELEASE_PKG $REPO_URL/$REPOS_PKG $REPO_URL/$GPG_KEYS_PKG
Remove useless packages:
sudo dnf -y remove rpmconf yum-utils epel-release
sudo rm -rf /usr/share/redhat-logos
Install new version packages:
sudo dnf -y --releasever=9 --allowerasing --setopt=deltarpm=false distro-sync
If you didn't get errors with the GPG-Keys you can skip this section
Show the key ID:
rpm -qa gpg*
Remove the existing key:
sudo rpm -e --allmatches gpg-pubkey-[KEY ID HERE]
Isntall a new key:
sudo rpm --import https://dl.rockylinux.org/pub/rocky/RPM-GPG-KEY-Rocky-9
Install new version packages again.
Rebuild the rpm database:
sudo rpm --rebuilddb
Reboot:
sudo reboot
Rocky should now be upgraded.
Check the version:
cat /etc/os-release
