How to Upgrade to Ubuntu 10.04 from Ubuntu 9.10/8.04 LTS
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Now Ubuntu Lucid (10.04) LTS(Long time support) beta1 has released and the final stable version will be released on April 29, 2010.Here is how to upgrade from Ubuntu 9.10 or 8.04 LTS.
To upgrade from Ubuntu 9.10 on a desktop system:
press Alt+F2 to launch the command box,and type in update-manager -d. Update Manager should open up and tell you: New distribution release ’10.04′ is available. Click Upgrade and follow the on-screen instructions.
To upgrade from Ubuntu 9.10/8.04 LTS on a server system:
install the update-manager-core package if it is not already installed;
edit /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades with your favourite editor:
for 9.10:
set Prompt=normal
for 8.04 LTS
set Prompt=lts
Finally,execute sudo do-release-upgrade -d command to launch upgrade tool and follow the on-screen instructions.
Hope this help!
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Reader Comments
gonna give it a shot right now on my netbook
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It is a fantastic solution, in my pinion easier than following the GUI instruction. Thanks
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what about from 9.04 to 10.04??
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Working in it now…got this message
WARNING: Failed to read mirror file
but it still appears to be working – I’ll get back to you and thank you for this post!!
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Interesting article but how can this be done from the command line where there is no GUI available?
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Finally got around to upgrading my Hardy box. But do-release-upgrade wants to install all sorts of unnecessary crap (like Compiz). Is there a way around that?
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