# Unable to upgrade Galaxy from 16.07

**URL:** <https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/unable-to-upgrade-galaxy-from-16-07/7045>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Tags:** galaxy-local\
**Created:** [November 16, 2021, 8:41pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/unable-to-upgrade-galaxy-from-16-07/7045 "2021-11-16T20:41:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 19

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![MichaelC](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/help.galaxyproject.org/michaelc/32/3043_2.png) [@MichaelC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/u/MichaelC)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 8:21pm UTC](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/unable-to-upgrade-galaxy-from-16-07/7045/19 "2022-01-14T20:21:11Z")

</div>

Just in case anyone reads this and is trying to upgrade Galaxy from pre-Galaxy 20 versions (in my case 16) with older pre-Ubuntu 20 versions (in my case 14) )— it is not possible since Galaxy and Ubuntu are co-dependent through this time period. Ubuntu is very difficult/impossible to upgrade successfully. Similarly Galaxy’s requirements (mainly Python) change greatly through this period. I ended up copying raw data off my Galaxy installation; wiping the server; installing Ubuntu 20; and then the Ansible version of Galaxy 21 – the latter based on these tutorials.

**New install of Galaxy**

> **[Galaxy Training: Galaxy Installation with Ansible](https://training.galaxyproject.org/training-material/topics/admin/tutorials/ansible-galaxy/tutorial.html)**
>
> Resources related to configuration and maintenance of Gal...

**Add on Ansible – install Proftpd**

> **[Galaxy Training: Enable upload via FTP](https://usegalaxy.be/training-material/topics/admin/tutorials/ftp/tutorial.html)**
>
> Resources related to configuration and maintenance of Gal...

Ansible does make it easy - although there are a couple of errors and poorly explained sections in the tutorials that required some headscratching and tweaking.

* * *

Cross-posted topic: [toolshed not working anymore with old galaxy?](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/toolshed-not-working-anymore-with-old-galaxy/5302/)

---

_[View the full topic](https://help.galaxyproject.org/t/unable-to-upgrade-galaxy-from-16-07/7045)._