[ubuntu-uk] Lucid Update Manager not informing Me of LTS upgrade

Kris Douglas krisdouglas at gmail.com
Fri May 4 18:57:21 UTC 2012


On 4 May 2012 19:55, Anton Kanishchev <antonk20117 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I dont know if this would work but would burning a dvd of 12.04 lts and
> mounting it on your machine not allow you to update anyway???
>
>
> On 4 May 2012 19:48, Pete Smout <psmouty at live.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> I have 1 remaining machine to upgrade to 12.04 (my main desktop / server)
>> and it is running 10.04 lucid (fully updated as of now), yet the graphical
>> update manager is not informing me that an upgrade is possible even though I
>> have it set to show LTS versions only.
>>
>> If I set it to 'normal releases' it shows 10.10 as available but no
>> mention of the 11's or the new LTS. When switched back to show LTS versions
>> only it still shows 10.10 as being available?
>>
>> Is this normal?
>>
>> Please note if I wish I can do a dist upgrade via teminal I know but less
>> knowledgeable(?!?) users who are relatively new to the LINUX world may be
>> unaware / scared of this way of doing it.
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>> Pete


Hello, open a terminal and type "update-manager -d" without quotes.

This should give you access to the distribution update button.


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Regards, Kris Douglas.
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