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

Dave Morley davmor2 at davmor2.co.uk
Fri May 4 18:59:43 UTC 2012


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On 04/05/12 19:48, Pete Smout 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
> 
> 
You can do "update-manager -d" However I would wait till there is a
clear upgrade path, or do a fresh install to get around it.

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