Migrating from Joomla 2.5 to Joomla 3 in late 2021

bolando · Post by **bolando** » Wed Dec 08, 2021 8:45 am

Hello,

Anybody knows how to migrate from Joomla 2.5 to Joomla 3 using com_joomlaupdate ?

After Joomla 4 release there is no way to do it like before, in the Joomla panel.

Maybe some code modification is required?

Post by **AMurray** » Wed Dec 08, 2021 11:19 am

You can't update 4.0 from 2.5.x. You have to update to 3.10.x.

Take note of these resources for migrating 2.5.x to 3.x

viewtopic.php?f=710&t=969288
viewtopic.php?f=710&t=793171

bolando · Post by **bolando** » Wed Dec 08, 2021 11:45 am

Hello,

Thanks for the answer. I don't want to migrate to J4, only to J3. BTW, we are in the forum section "Migrating and Upgrading to Joomla! 3.x"

I saw both topics before and they don't answer to my question.

Anyone can help?

Post by **Per Yngve Berg** » Wed Dec 08, 2021 1:16 pm

https://downloads.joomla.org/cms/joomla ... format=zip

Download 3.4.8 update package and install as an extension. From hete use com_joomlaupdate.

Post by **AMurray** » Wed Dec 08, 2021 9:07 pm

I'm not assuming you had read those instructions....but they *answer your question* about migrating J2.5 to 3.x.....

.

But @per's answer is more on point.

bolando · Post by **bolando** » Wed Dec 15, 2021 7:49 am

@ Per Yngve Berg
Thanks for your answer, it helped indeed! Even we can install J3.6.5 for a beginning.

Post by **Per Yngve Berg** » Wed Dec 15, 2021 8:43 am

Wrong. J3.6.5 is not instalable. 3.4.8 is the latest version that is. Use 3.4.8, then the Updater will take you further up to 3.10.4.

bolando · Post by **bolando** » Wed Dec 15, 2021 9:19 am

OK, it was my friend who was testing it. I would try with 3.4.8, as you say.

sozzled · Post by **sozzled** » Wed Dec 15, 2021 9:33 pm

bolando wrote: ↑
Wed Dec 08, 2021 8:45 am
Anybody knows how to migrate from Joomla 2.5 to Joomla 3 using com_joomlaupdate ?

Good question!

For reasons that I cannot explain, the process outlined in the forum topic mentioned earlier—while basically correct in theory—does not appear to work today.

It's a good question and it's worth writing a thousand words that examine the various issues (and inevitable problems) that people will encounter along the way. Such an article is something I've had on my "to do" list for a quite a while based on my own experiences in updating clients' websites in recent times. However, if you would like a concise dot-point outline, in a hundred words or so, I suggest that you look at what I wrote here ==> viewtopic.php?t=981975&start=30#p3614117.

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