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Ubuntu HowTo: Upgrade from any release to any release, anytime, anywhere

Posted 10-12-2010 at 07:45 PM by Kenny_Strawn
Updated 11-14-2010 at 11:36 AM by Kenny_Strawn

Many of you are already aware of the roadblock with Ubuntu upgrades: if you skip a release, Update Manager doesn't permit you to upgrade without upgrading to the skipped release first. Here is a tutorial to work around that.

Please note: These commands are meant to be typed in a terminal!

All upgrades are in Linux is this: Essentially, they're additions of software repositories and installations of updates of your software from those new repositories. The difference is that Update Manager adds those repos to your /etc/apt/sources.list automatically. To add the repos to the sources.list manually, do this:

Code:
sudo su

echo "deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu <the release to upgrade to> main restricted universe multiverse" >> /etc/apt/sources.list

echo "deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu <the release to upgrade to>-security main restricted universe multiverse" >> /etc/apt/sources.list

echo "deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu <the release to upgrade to>-updates main restricted universe multiverse" >> /etc/apt/sources.list

echo "deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu <the release to upgrade to>-proposed main restricted universe multiverse" >> /etc/apt/sources.list

echo "deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu <the release to upgrade to>-backports main restricted universe multiverse" >> /etc/apt/sources.list

exit
Now, you have to update the cache and install the new packages:

Code:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade #THIS WILL TAKE A VERY LONG TIME!!!!
You're all set! Now you can sit back and enjoy the new upgraded release while keeping all your programs.
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