Network Upgrade for Ubuntu Desktops (Recommended)
You can easily upgrade over the network with the following procedure.
- Open the Update Manager application from the System ? Administration menu.
- In Update Manager, click the Settings… button, and enter your password to start the Software Sources application.
- Select the sub menu Updates from the Software Sources application.
- Check the “Release upgrade – Show new distribution releases” drop down to make sure “Normal releases” is selected, and change it if otherwise.
- Close the Software Sources application and return to Update Manager.
- In Update Manager, click the Check button to check for new updates.
- If there are any updates to install, use the Install Updates button to install them, and press Check again after that is complete.
- A message will appear informing you of the availability of the new release.
- Click Upgrade.
- Follow the on-screen instructions.
Network Upgrade for Kubuntu Desktops (Recommended)
Direct upgrades to Kubuntu 11.04 are supported from Kubuntu 10.10 only.
Upgrade Kubuntu 10.10 to 11.04
Network Upgrade for Ubuntu Servers (Recommended)
- Install update-manager-core if it is not already installed:
sudo apt-get install update-manager-core
- edit /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades and set Prompt=normal
- Launch the upgrade tool:
sudo do-release-upgrade
- Follow the on-screen instructions.