I tried to update dirrectly to the last release but I have the following error message
gitlab preinstall: It seems you are upgrading from 11.x version series
gitlab preinstall: to 12.x series. It is recommended to upgrade
gitlab preinstall: to the last minor version in a major version series first before
gitlab preinstall: jumping to the next major version.
gitlab preinstall: Please follow the upgrade documentation at https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/policy/maintenance.html#upgrade-recommendations
gitlab preinstall: and upgrade to 11.11 first.
So I am trying to install gitlab 11.11.4
lsb_release -a returns
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Release: 18.04
Codename: bionic
dpkg-deb: error: 'gitlab-ee_11.11.4-ee.0_amd64.deb' is not a Debian format archive
dpkg: error processing archive gitlab-ee_11.11.4-ee.0_amd64.deb (--install):
dpkg-deb --control subprocess returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
gitlab-ee_11.11.4-ee.0_amd64.deb
It sounds like wget did not download a .deb file but actually saved <html> output in a 12Kb file named gitlab-ee_11.11.4-ee.0_amd64.deb. This is why you’re getting the dpkg error.
The easiest way to manage updates and get the latest GItLab versions is to use our installation instructions to add the GitLab EE repository to your apt sources.
Thanks… this solved the issue for me. A direct link to this version on the upgrade page that one sees in the package update error message would be awesome.