Upgrading a System to UEK 8

The following instructions describe how to upgrade a system to UEK 8. For more details about the suggested migration paths for upgrading to UEK 8, see About Upgrading From a Previous Oracle Linux or UEK Release to UEK 8.

  1. Enable access to the appropriate ULN channels or yum repositories, as described in Subscribing to ULN Channels and Enabling Access to Oracle Linux Yum Server Repositories.

    Tip:

    Disable any other UEK channels or repositories that you might have previously configured as good practice.

  2. After enabling access to the appropriate channels or repositories, upgrade the system to UEK 8 by running the following commands: 

    sudo dnf install -y kernel-uek
sudo dnf update -y

  3. After the upgrade has completed, reboot the system.

    Ensure to select the UEK 8 kernel (version 6.12.0) if it's not the default boot kernel. For more information about setting the default boot kernel, see Oracle Linux 9: Managing Kernels and System Boot.

For questions regarding installing software or updating a system, see Oracle Linux: Managing Software on Oracle Linux.