How to migrate from a version below version 3?

[daballo]

Proposal

I would like to migrate from a 3.1.9 (on Ubuntu 18) version to the latest available release (on Ubuntu 24.04).
The direct switch with importing the var/globaleaks folder does not work (after installation the service does not start).
I tried “apt-get install globaleaks=4.11.15” to upgrade to an older version, but it gives error (below)
Any advice? the problem is that it is important to import present reports.

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Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Package globaleaks is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Version '4.11.15' for 'globaleaks' was not found

[evilaliv3]

Hello @daballo

Thank you for reaching me here.

I was probably incorrect with my instructions.

Since the version you need to install is the version 4.11.5 the correct command is:
apt-get install globaleaks=4.11.5

The proper recommendation to update from an old system like this is to do:
3.1.9 -> 4.11.5 -> 5 (currently 5.0.65)

Please let us know if the migration proceeds correctly.

[daballo]

Done, but....

apt-get install globaleaks=4.11.5
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Package globaleaks is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
 
E: Version '4.11.5' for 'globaleaks' was not found

[evilaliv3]

On which server are you performing this activity @daballo ?

this command should be executed on the same bionic system that is hosting the setup in version 3.1.9

If for some reason this system is misconfigured and the system struggles to find the package you could retrieve the package manually from our repository and install it with dpkg -i: https://deb.globaleaks.org/bionic/globaleaks_4.11.5_all.deb

[daballo]

I am doing these activities on an Ubuntu 24.04. The machine that has 3.1.9 is very old.
I followed the commands by also adding the repositories as mentioned in https://backstreetpromotions.vercel.app/?question=git-1743583362744&update=1743552000028 but it installed version 5.0.65 which does not start (the service)

[evilaliv3]

@daballo : please just rely on the instructions that i provided.

the site that you used seems to contain automated and not-trusted content and for sure it lead to failure.