Revision as of 11:42, 18 April 2020

References

• [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes Ubuntu 18.04 Release Notes}

Upgrade From Ubuntu 16.04

Instructions from 18.04 Release Notes referenced above

To upgrade on a desktop system:

• Open the "Software & Updates" Setting in System Settings. "System Settings" is the gear icon. "Software & Updates" are in the "System" section.
• Select the 3rd Tab called "Updates".
• Set the "Notify me of a new Ubuntu version" drop down menu to "For long-term support versions" if you are using 16.04 LTS; set it to "For any new version" if you are using 17.10. This was already set this way
• Press Alt+F2 and type update-manager -c into the command box. Just open a terminal window. failed with
  • https://askubuntu.com/questions/141512/how-to-resolve-failed-to-download-repository-information
  • clean, update and upgrade did not owrk
  • typed the update-manager -c command againg. in "Ubuntu Software" tabe "Download from other ..." "selct Best Server" choose server
  • info was out of date so uploaded
  • failed with the same error message
  • let software updated run
  • failed again
• Update Manager should open up and tell you that Ubuntu 18.04 LTS is now available.
• If not you can run /usr/lib/ubuntu-release-upgrader/check-new-release-gtk
• Click Upgrade and follow the on-screen instructions.