#title Upgrading Karmic to Lucid [[EOLUpgrades| <<]] [[EOLUpgrades/Jaunty| Jaunty]] [[EOLUpgrades/Karmic| Karmic ]] >> = 9.10 to 10.04 (Karmic to Lucid) using Alternate CD = Note that the instructions listed at the bottom of this page will '''no longer work'''. The `do_release_upgrade` tool will now return this error: {{{ An upgrade from 'karmic' to 'lucid' is not supported with this tool. }}} To upgrade from 9.10 to 10.04, you must now use the [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Upgrades#Upgrades_via_alternate_CD | Alternate CD upgrade method]]. Or you can use: {{{ sudo do-release-upgrade -d }}} Which will still allow you to upgrade to Ubuntu 10.04. = 9.10 to 10.04 (Karmic to Lucid) = == Before you start == Please make sure you've read and understood the [[EOLUpgrades| main EOLUpgrade page]]. I would recommend using [[http://www.clonezilla.org| clonezilla]] for backing up your current installation. It is very easy to backup and restore your partitions with clonezilla. It takes less then 30 minutes to backup/restore a 20Gb root filesystem which has 4-5 Gb used space. == The upgrade == * Please make sure you have the following sources.list (/etc/apt/sources.list). {{{ ## EOL upgrade sources.list # Required deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted universe multiverse deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-updates main restricted universe multiverse deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-security main restricted universe multiverse # Optional #deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-backports main restricted universe multiverse #deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic-proposed main restricted universe multiverse }}} You can make use of -backports, -proposed repositories if you want. For more information about repositories see [[Repositories/Ubuntu]]. * Update the package list and upgrade all the installed packages {{{ sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude safe-upgrade }}} * Perform the release upgrade. {{{ sudo do-release-upgrade }}} * Check your new version Reboot your machine and you can now run `lsb_release -a` to check the new version of Ubuntu. [[EOLUpgrades| <<]] [[EOLUpgrades/Jaunty| < Jaunty]] [[EOLUpgrades/Karmic| Karmic >>]] ---- CategoryUpgrade