Trying to update 20.04 LTS to 22.04 LTS

[Volker Wysk]

Am Freitag, dem 22.04.2022 um 10:49 -0400 schrieb Jerry Geis:
> I have another machine I am trying to update from 20.04 to 22.04 LTS
> These are my files:
> 
> more /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades
> [DEFAULT]
> # Default prompting and upgrade behavior, valid options:
> #
> #  never  - Never check for, or allow upgrading to, a new release.
> #  normal - Check to see if a new release is available.  If more than one new
> #           release is found, the release upgrader will attempt to upgrade to
> #           the supported release that immediately succeeds the
> #           currently-running release.
> #  lts    - Check to see if a new LTS release is available.  The upgrader
> #           will attempt to upgrade to the first LTS release available after
> #           the currently-running one.  Note that if this option is used and
> #           the currently-running release is not itself an LTS release the
> #           upgrader will assume prompt was meant to be normal.
> Prompt=lts
> 
> 
> 
> root at silentm-ThinkPad-W530:~# more /etc/os-release
> NAME="Ubuntu"
> VERSION="20.04.4 LTS (Focal Fossa)"
> ID=ubuntu
> ID_LIKE=debian
> PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS"
> VERSION_ID="20.04"
> HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
> SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
> BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
> PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
> VERSION_CODENAME=focal
> UBUNTU_CODENAME=focal
> 
> 
> 
> root at silentm-ThinkPad-W530:~# do-release-upgrade
> Checking for a new Ubuntu release
> There is no development version of an LTS available.
> To upgrade to the latest non-LTS development release
> set Prompt=normal in /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades.
> 
> 
> 
> So it seems i am set for LTS upgrades ....
> I am 20.04 LTS fully updated....
> I do he do-release-upgrade and it is saying "no" 
> 
> Why ?

AFAIK, the LTS-to-LTS upgrade will only work after the first point release
of the new system is out. This means you have to wait for 22.04.1.

Hope that helps,
Volker

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