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This Document Describes How To Upgrade From Ubuntu 12 To Ubuntu LTS Latest
This Document Describes How To Upgrade From Ubuntu 12 To Ubuntu LTS Latest
Generally, the Ubuntu .04 versions that get released every 2 years are Long Term
Support (LTS) releases, for instance Ubuntu 12.04, 14.04 etc. Effectively, this means
that the LTS release comes supported with bug fixes and security updates for as long as
5 years, hence users would not have the privilege of being alerted through popups
urging them to install the latest available version.
1 Preliminary Note
This tutorial is based on Ubuntu 12.04 server, so you should set up a basic Ubuntu
12.04 server installation before you continue with this tutorial. The system should have
a static IP address. I use 192.168.0.100 as my IP address in this tutorial
and server1.example.com as the hostname.
[DEFAULT]
# Default prompting behavior, valid options:
#
# never - Never check for a new release.
# normal - Check to see if a new release is available. If more than one new
#
#
# lts
release.
- Check to see if a new LTS release is available. The upgrader
Prompt=lts
In above file you can use the option to upgrade either to LTS or normal release upgrade,
the upgrade you want just put that in Prompt=lts As we want LTS update so I chooses
it.
Now we can proceed to the update by running this command:
do-release-upgrade -d
You will be prompted to ask for services update and other values, just select option yes
and it will be completed in some time. It may take time to get distribution upgrades. In
my case It took 20minutes, may be it may vary in your case.
After distribution upgrade it will ask for reboot, just do the reboot and after in next login
prompt check in the bash prompt as :
cat /etc/lsb-release