What does this mean? I am trying to upgrade my version 12.04 Ubuntu

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The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  mingw-w64 sbsigntool libnet-ssleay-perl gir1.2-timezonemap-1.0 linux-image-3.5.0-22-generic realpath efibootmgr libunistring0 diffstat
  libdmraid1.0.0.rc16 libdebconfclient0 binutils-mingw-w64-i686 libxml-parser-perl liburi-perl libhtml-parser-perl kpartx-boot libopts25
  gir1.2-json-1.0 libhttp-daemon-perl linux-headers-3.5.0-22-generic autogen libfont-afm-perl libhttp-negotiate-perl libfile-listing-perl
  libhtml-form-perl gcc-mingw-w64 user-setup gcc-mingw-w64-i686 kpartx libhtml-tree-perl libencode-locale-perl rdate libhttp-date-perl
  libmailtools-perl liblwp-protocol-https-perl libhttp-cookies-perl libhttp-message-perl binutils-mingw-w64-x86-64 libdebian-installer4
  libopts25-dev libnet-http-perl btrfs-tools apt-clone localechooser-data linux-headers-3.5.0-22 gcc-mingw-w64-base libhtml-format-perl
  libgettextpo0 libsocket6-perl gcc-mingw-w64-x86-64 libhtml-tagset-perl archdetect-deb dmraid python-pyicu libkms1 libwww-perl mingw-w64-dev
  libio-socket-ssl-perl libwww-robotrules-perl liblwp-mediatypes-perl gir1.2-xkl-1.0 libio-socket-inet6-perl
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
dianne@dianne-Inspiron-3437:~$ sudo do-release-upgrade
Checking for a new Ubuntu release
No new release found

12.04 hit end-of-life on April 28, 2017. Switching to a supported release involves either doing a fresh install, or temporarily using the old-releases repositories. See How to install software or upgrade from an old unsupported release? — wjandrea, May 31 '18 at 02:50
My guess (on your error) would be you haven't changed archive.ubuntu.com to the old-releases.ubuntu.com , or if you have made that change, you haven't run sudo apt-get update to update your software (repo) lists to reflect the change to make 14.04 LTS visible. — guiverc, May 31 '18 at 02:53
@Maria Fresh install means to make a backup, then totally reinstall the OS. — wjandrea, May 31 '18 at 02:55
How to make backup? I need a hard disk? Does this mean everything will be erased? — Maria Dianne, May 31 '18 at 03:05
@Maria If you were to do a fresh install, yes. But as I said, you could upgrade instead. Btw, you should make a backup regardless. Backups are important. — wjandrea, May 31 '18 at 04:50

L. D. James · Answer 1 · 2018-05-31T13:49:47.643

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The Output of your message meaning:
You have unused packages that had at one time been installed to support some other application(s) that are no longer installed. The packages can be removed. It's also showing you the command to remove the leftover packages: sudo apt-get autoremove.

You can upgrade from Ubuntu 12.04. I was already sure, but just before posting, I tested to verify that it would work. I installed 12.04 LTS on a VM and upgraded it without any problems.

You'll have to run a combination of these commands:

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get upgrade
$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

After the upgrade commands, run this:

$ ls /var/run/*reboot*

If one of these lines included in the output, reboot the computer to make changes become in effect:

/var/run/reboot-required
/var/run/reboot-required.pkgs

Between the commands, look at the screen as you already have and perform the steps provided by the screen's output to fix problems. In the case of your current problem on your screen, it's telling you to perform this command:

$ sudo apt-get autoremove

The error No new release found can be resolved with the third command in the list above. The dist-upgrade is different from the upgrade option, whereas the dist-upgrade will remove outdated libraries and remove applications that were installed with the old libraries.

If they are applications that you need, you can address those issues and reinstall the ppa's or other dependents later, or get updated versions of those programs that don't carry over.

edited May 31 '18 at 13:49

answered May 31 '18 at 04:03

L. D. James

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dianne@dianne-Inspiron-3437:~$ $ sudo apt-get update $: command not found dianne@dianne-Inspiron-3437:~$ $ sudo apt-get upgrade $: command not found dianne@dianne-Inspiron-3437:~$ $ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade $: command not found dianne@dianne-Inspiron-3437:~$ $ sudo apt-get autoremove $: command not found dianne@dianne-Inspiron-3437:~$
I tried running those but this is what it said.
– Maria Dianne May 31 '18 at 07:31
Don't put the $ in front of the command. The $ is already on your terminal. It's there to show you that it's a command that you are executing. – L. D. James May 31 '18 at 07:42
Removing libnet-http-perl ... Removing libnet-ssleay-perl ... Registering documents with scrollkeeper... Processing triggers for install-info ... Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.5.0-61-generic Processing triggers for libc-bin ... ldconfig deferred processing now taking place dianne@dianne-Inspiron-3437:~$ ^C dianne@dianne-Inspiron-3437:~$ Now what does this mean? What shall I do next? – Maria Dianne May 31 '18 at 07:53
Looking at what you have pasted to the chat, it appears that you hit the Ctrl + C and interupted the process. That's kind of dangerous. You have to let the computer complete the process and only hit a key when the system ask you a question, or when you have the $ prompt again, whereas you can execute other commands. Try hitting the up-arrow on the keyboard, then press ENTER to run the previous command again. The sysem is showing you what it's doing. Some of the processes may take a long time. Only be concerned when you see the word error included in the text. – L. D. James May 31 '18 at 08:09
i am sorry i have erased the terminal, do have to repeat all again? How do I know if the procedure has stopped? How long does it really take to upgrade? dianne@dianne-Inspiron-3437:~$ when this always shows – Maria Dianne May 31 '18 at 08:18
You will see the $ prompt, with no text after it. The $ prompt is indicating that the computer is waiting (or promoting) you for input. Looking at what you pasted to the comments, your prompt looks like this: dianne@dianne-Inspiron-3437:~$. If you don't see that, the computer is busy. The sudo do-release-upgrade can take an hour to compete the process. The text on the screen often tells the user a process may take a long time. – L. D. James May 31 '18 at 08:24
You haven't removed the commands that you have typed in. Just hit the up-arrow on your keyboard. You can see the last command that you typed in. – L. D. James May 31 '18 at 08:24
Once you see the last command you typed in, press ENTER to execute it again. – L. D. James May 31 '18 at 08:25
My version 12.04 is still the same, I cannot upgrade it. I dont know why. I already did all those commands – Maria Dianne May 31 '18 at 08:42
You can upgrade. It's a matter of responding to the output that you see on your screen. Will you show the output of cat /etc/lsb-release? – L. D. James May 31 '18 at 08:45
dianne@dianne-Inspiron-3437:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS" I have followed those commands, first I copy [sudo apt-get update] to terminal and run it, and then next [sudo apt-get upgrade],then so on ... Is there something that I am doing wrong? – Maria Dianne May 31 '18 at 11:12
No. You appear to be doing it ok. Will you provide the output of: ls /var/run/*reboot* – L. D. James May 31 '18 at 12:46
Comments are not for extended discussion; this conversation has been moved to chat. – Seth May 31 '18 at 14:07
dianne@dianne-Inspiron-3437:~$ file:///home/dianne/Downloads/XiaoYing_Video_1489823322304.mp4 bash: file:///home/dianne/Downloads/XiaoYing_Video_1489823322304.mp4: No such file or directory dianne@dianne-Inspiron-3437:~$ ls /var/run/reboot /var/run/crond.reboot dianne@dianne-Inspiron-3437:~$ That is what it shows – Maria Dianne Jun 01 '18 at 06:39
@MariaDianne You put the information in the wrong place. Please put the information here, then look for an update in the same place. The information will be formatted and substantially easier to read. – L. D. James Jun 01 '18 at 07:08

What does this mean? I am trying to upgrade my version 12.04 Ubuntu

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