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how to upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS to Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS
I upgraded from Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04.1 LTS unexpectedly using below commands,which should be 18.04.6 LTS
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo reboot
lsb_release -a
No LSB modules ...
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Upgrade fails for 16.04 to 18.04
I updated and upgraded all packages on my Ubuntu 16.04.7 LTS (Xenial Xerus) in preparation for a release upgrade to 18.04 (Bionic).
I have checked other posts, but my problem is a little different.
I ...
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Can't upgrade from 16.05 to 18.04 [duplicate]
So for more clarification from the last post i will redo it; Ok, so i used crouton to install Ubuntu 16.04 with gnome, and its nice, but little applications actually work...
I first tried the update ...
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How to explicitly Upgrade to 20.04 from 16.04 command line [duplicate]
This article suggest upgrading to 18.04 then to 20.04.
https://www.how2shout.com/linux/upgrade-ubuntu-16-04-lts-to-20-04-lts-using-command-terminal/
Is there terminal command to explicitly upgrade ...
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Upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04 [duplicate]
I have run sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade
I then ran sudo apt-get dist-upgrade The output of this produced a long list headed "the following security updates require Ubuntu Pro ...
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Problem when upgrading ubuntu 14 to ubuntu 16 [closed]
While upgrading from Ubuntu 14 to Ubuntu 16 via do-release-upgrade, I ended up with the following relocation error:
apt-get: relocation error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.5.0: symbol ...
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Upgrade legacy 16.04 LTS to 18.04 LTS --- 'do-release-upgrade' shows many packages not found. Should I go through with it? [duplicate]
I'm new to programming and running software/OS updates, so I'm trying to be cautious, though my files are backed up just in case. I've included the full context of this upgrade process, so if you want ...
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do-release-upgrade from 16.04 failing due to "Your python install is corrupted."
When trying to upgrade from 16.04 LTS via do-release-upgrade, I was getting the following error:
Your python install is corrupted. Please fix the '/usr/bin/python3' symlink.
Trying the many ...
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Failed release upgrade - strange recovered situation
Let's be honest, I am an beginner regarding Ubuntu and I **** up so I reach out to this community to hopefully get more information how to solve the in my opinion impossible situation I created.
I did ...
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Upgrading from 16.04 LTS to 22.04 LTS [duplicate]
With the release of the 22.04 LTS coming up, I have been given some old 16.04 units and tasked with getting them upgraded to 22.04 when it's released. I understand these units should've been upgraded ...
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Trying to upgrade but getting certificate error due to Jenkins [duplicate]
I am upgrading an old 16.04 LTS machine (yes, I know I'm stupid for waiting this long when it is EOL)
It seems to be a problem with Jenkins and/or its repositories
sudo apt-get update
gives me:
Err:...
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ESM 401 Unauthorized error on Ubuntu 16.04
I want to upgrade my Ubuntu 16.04 server to Ubuntu 18.04 and I'm running the following commands to do so;
apt update -y
apt upgrade -y
do-release-upgrade
apt update command runs fine with the ...
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How do I update to a specific version of ubuntu instead of the latest
I'm attempting to update a couple of my servers from 16.04 to 18.04. I run sudo apt-get dist-upgrade then sudo do-release-upgrade. It was my understanding this would take my server from the version it'...
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Upgrading from Ubuntu 16.04 in late 2021 [duplicate]
I got access to a computer using Ubuntu 16.04. Since it is out of support, I am in need to upgrade it to, say, 20.x.
To do this, I am prompted to execute sudo apt-get update before. But this gives the ...
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Error 404 Not found when upgrade Ubuntu 16.04.x to 18.04.x on a my local repo using apt-mirror [duplicate]
I have issue when upgrading using the step do-release-upgrade, some links result in "404 Not found".
This issue is shown in this screenshot:
How can I resolve it, as I am concerned that ...
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Is it possible to prevent R package conflicts while upgrading Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with R from CRAN to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS?
I have fully updated Ubuntu 16.04.7 LTS amd64 which was configured for RMarkdown/bookdown, LaTeX publishing using the following commands:
sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https
cat <<EOF | ...
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Can't upgrade Ubuntu 16.04 to newer release
I have a HP EliteBook 2540p. I want to upgrade my Ubuntu 16.04 to a newer release. I found that I need to upgrade to 18.04 before going to 20.04.
I tried the recommended procedure by updating the ...
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Can I upgrade my Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Server to 18.04 LTS using ISO file without losing my data?
I have done quite a lot of research on upgrading my existing 16.04 LTS Server to 18.04 LTS using the ISO file. My Server does not connect to the internet. Thus I am finding the alternative to upgrade ...
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Screen Blinking On & Off After OS Update
I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04, and immediately after system restart the screen kept blinking on and off. I 'solved' the issue by lowering the resolution (not my favorite). So ...
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Upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04 has broken systemd
After upgrading from 16.04 to 18.04 right at the end it gave the following message:
The upgrade has completed but there were errors during the upgrade
process.
To continue please press [ENTER]
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Upgrade from 16.04 to 20.04 keeping files [duplicate]
I did search for answers before this but what I found was slightly different so; Can I upgrade from 16.04 to 20.04 while retaining existing files etc? I have everything backed up but if able to do the ...
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Nginx won't start after upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04
I have just upgraded from 16.04 to 18.04 and nginx is not starting. One of the lines from journalctl -xe is:
nginx.service: Failed at step EXEC spawning /usr/sbin/nginx: No such file or directory
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Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04 aborted upgrade
I am trying to upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04. The output for sudo do-release-upgrade ended with:
ubuntu-desktop
Exception during pm.DoInstall(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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Belated upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04
I have a Digital Ocean droplet running Ubuntu Server 16.04. I tried to run a do-release-upgrade (after the mandatory apt update and apt upgrade) but it stops fairly quickly:
Reading cache
Checking ...
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No module named 'uaclient' during `sudo apt upgrade` (ubuntu 16.04)
I'm trying to upgrade my desktop from ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04.
(I regret not having upgraded it earlier before the ubuntu 16.04 EOL arrived. Two weeks ago I have upgraded two 16.04 notebooks to 18.04 ...
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Upgraded to ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS "Enable UA Infra" notification
I recently upgraded my server to Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS from 16.04.7 LTS and in Ispconfig I see notification:
Enable UA Infra: ESM to receive additional future security updates.
See https://ubuntu.com/...
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do-release-upgrade complains that system out of date
That's just that, do-release-upgrade complains that the system is not up to date, even though apt upgrade and apt dist-upgrade show everything IS up to date. And you're yanking handfuls of hair out. ...
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Error when upgraded operating system from Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04> do-release-upgrade [duplicate]
Error when upgraded operating system from Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04> do-release-upgrade
Current version:
cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=xenial
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`do-release-upgrade` refuses to upgrade, although everything seems fine
I have a good working 16.04 installed, everything fine, but as it is getting older, I would like to upgrade to the following LTS (18.04). So I tried this:
$ sudo apt update
(lots of stuff)
$ sudo apt ...
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how to upgrade ubuntu 16.04 to ubuntu 18.04? (preventing it from upgrading to 20.04) [duplicate]
I need to upgrade my ubuntu 16.04 LTS notebook to 18.04 LTS.
I read this page : https://www.liquidweb.com/kb/how-to-upgrade-ubuntu-16-04-to-ubuntu-18-04/
That page says if I follow the procedure, it ...
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Unable to start mongod daemon after upgrading OS from Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04
Unable to start mongod daemon after upgrading OS from Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04
root@dummy2:~# mongod --version
db version v4.0.4
git version: f288a3bdf201007f3693c58e140056adf8b04839
OpenSSL ...
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do-release-upgrade fails with ubuntu 16.04 with plesk installed
I have an older Ubuntu 16.04.7 LTS server with Plesk Obsidian 18.0.34 Update #2 and I am trying to upgrade to 18.04 LTS. Everything is up to date but when I execute do-release-upgrade it complains ...
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How do I safely upgrade from server 16.04 to 20.04? [duplicate]
As said in the title. Specifically, I want to loose nothing, neither Systemd services, cron jobs, files in my \home folder, config... If upgrading means risking loosing one of these, then I won't ...
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upgrading server from 16.04.7 to 18.04 fails after Third party sources disabled
I have checked similar issues and tried them with no avail. I have changed the sources from just archive to different countries.
Updating repository information
To continue please press [ENTER]
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Issue upgrading ubuntu 16.04 LTS to 18.04 LTS server
I have been trying to upgrading my Ubuntu server from the following :
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.7 LTS
Release: 16.04
Codename: xenial
to Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. I ...
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eth0 not enabled after upgrade to 16.04
I've upgraded my ubuntu 14 VM a few days ago (was about time) to 16.04 but now I ran into some trouble. Every time the VM reboots the eth0 link can't be enabled (from log):
Jan 31 16:50:11 hostname ...
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No apport report written because MaxReports has already been reached cant install packages [duplicate]
Hello I cant install any packages anymore.
I think this is because I run sudo apt-get upgrade.
If I try to install for exmaple xclip I get this output:
Reading package lists... Done
Building ...
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stuck ubuntu 18.04 upgrade from ubuntu 16.04, at installing the updates
The upgrade got stuck at installing snap gnome characters, I don't know what to do please help me to resolve this issue without causing any damage to the system or its data.
Please refer to the image ...
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Is it safe to upgrade Ubuntu from 16.04 LTS to latest LTS version with working web-applications running in production?
Is it safe to upgrade Ubuntu from 16.04 LTS to latest LTS version with working web-applications running in production? I understand that there will be a need on smth like all processes should be ...
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How to upgrade to ubuntu 18.04 version from 16.04 using terminal [duplicate]
I want to upgrade to ubuntu version 18.04 from 16.04.I have taken the backup.
My question is whether update manager will give options to select which version 18.04 or 20.04
as both are available and i ...
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Newbie: tried to upgrade 15.01->16.04, failed, wrecked boot sector; now it boots to a black screen. Help
I had Ubuntu 15.10 LTS running OK on a single OS (no Windows partition) Dell Inspiron 5559 with UEFI boot sector. Needed to upgrade to run newer software (Google Meet in Firefox).
Tried to start the ...
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Accidentally aborted 16.04 to 18.04 upgrade while checking a changed config file
I looked at various answers to similar questions. One of them said to reboot and run:
dpkg --config -a
So I attempted to reboot but it's not rebooting.
I get the grub menu and have chosen advanced ...
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Upgrade to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS broke ZFS
I have delayed the update of my file server from 14.04LTS which I did yesterday. That upgrade totally broke ZFS.
I have tried everything I found on this site, like:
ZFS install on Ubuntu 16.04LTS
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Upgrade from Ubuntu 16.04lts to 18.04 can't be done because some existing packages are not being updated
When I run :
sudo do-release-upgrade
I get a message saying:
Please install all available updates for your release before upgrading.
I have already run :
sudo apt-get update
The final message here ...
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Failed upgrading Ubuntu from 14.04 to 16.04
I was upgrading Ubuntu from 14.04 to 16.04. I am new to Ubuntu. It went well until the end. It downloaded all the new packages. While installing. Towards the end I got the following errors.
Could not ...
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I have 18.04 LTS 32 bit while there's no such version on the official site
I have installed Ubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver), which my PC was upgraded to after it had 32 bit Ubuntu 16.04, because the system suggested me to do so.
Today I discovered that there's no .iso with ...
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How to upgrade from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS to 20.04 (in virtual machine)
I am a very new Ubuntu user (in virtual machine because i use Windows 7 for non-ubuntu stuff R.I.P ME)
But i need to upgrade to 20.04 (and i use 16.04) but how to upgrade?
Without: Buy a computer with ...
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Unable to upgrade from 16.04.6 to 18.04
I am trying to upgrade from 16.04.6 to 18.04 but I keep getting the message:
Please install all available updates for your release before upgrading.
But there aren't any updates to install. I have ...
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Errors after upgrading from Ubuntu 16.04 to Ubuntu 18.04!
After running a sudo apt update && sudo apt -y dist-upgrade I got broken python3 packages error (unmet dependencies) but I didn't bother to correct it and rather went for a reboot. After ...
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No wifi connection after (partial) upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04
I have tried to upgrade Ubuntu 16.04 to Ubuntu 18.04 using Mobile data (Wifi).
After restarting the system my Wifi connection is not working.
System shows all available network connections, but is not ...
