0 Upgrade Ubuntu 10.04 to 10.10 Desktop and Server

 

With the release yesterday of Ubuntu 10.10, on 10/10/10, I decided to put together a brief tutorial on how to upgrade your Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop or Server to the lastest version, Ubuntu 10.10. Before beginning, there's a few things we expect you've done:

• Be sure you apply all updates to the edition of Ubuntu that you're currently running
• If you're running a dynamic website, put it into maintenance mode, just to be on the safe side
• You should probably read the release notes for Ubuntu 10.10, which outline any known problems or issues you may encounter during your upgrade
• We suggest backing up your system (really, we do)

To upgrade Ubuntu Desktop 10.04 to 10.10:

1. Type Alt+F2 - this will open a "run" window
2. In this box, type (without quotes) "update-manager -d"
3. This will open the update manager window - at the top of this window, you should see "New Ubuntu release '10.10' is available": click the "Upgrade" button next to that.
4. Proceed with the on screen instructions

To upgrade Ubuntu Server 10.04 to 10.10:

1. Install the package "update-manager-core" by typeing the following: sudo apt-get install update-manager-core
2. Type the following to allow update-manager to offer the option of upgrading to regular releases, not just "LTS" releases: sudo sed 's/Prompt=normal/Prompt=lts/g' -i /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades
3. Now, simply tell your system to start upgrading: sudo do-release-upgrade -d
4. Follow the instructions on screen

And that covers the upgrade process! Hope this helped out!