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"Manual" method of Ubuntu release upgrade

Asked by Bob Bib

Is anything wrong with the following "manual upgrade method"?

1) change all references from one release to another (e. g., "natty" -> "precise") in /etc/apt/sources.list
2) apt-get update
3) apt-get dist-upgrade

Can it be an alternative to the usual 'update-manager' and 'do-release-upgrade' methods?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Its not the way to do upgrades which is WHY there is an app to do it. If this was how it is done then it would be a lot simpler.

Your method also skips Oneirc which is not supported. You NEED to upgrade to Oneiric first, then to Precise or you will get issues.

Persoanally I would clean install Precise so you don't have the old fluff from the old releases possibly causing issues. Nice clean LTS install as it is intended :)

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Best Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#2

Also read this:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PreciseUpgrades

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Bob Bib (bobbib) said : 		#3

Thanks Mark Rijckenberg, that solved my question.

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Serhiy (xintx-ua) said : 		#4

"not the way" and "NEED" are not arguments, these are fallacies.