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I want to use do-release-upgrade to upgrade from 18.04 to 20.04, but I can't do that

do-release-upgrade
Checking for a new Ubuntu release
There is no development version of an LTS available.

It seems that this file is used, and it still points to 18.04.

Do you know when (or how?) can I upgrade to 20.04?

muru
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See https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/focal-fossa-20-04-1-lts-point-release-status-tracking/17604 for the current status.

On 25 September 2020, the final upgrade-blocking bug was closed.

If you are reading this on 25-27 September, just be patient while your local mirror catches up.

user535733
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  • Your answer is super useful. I just wanted to suggest to keep all the historic (i.e. the previous dates you mentionned). – Mathieu Dubois Sep 04 '20 at 08:10
  • It suggests that this launchpad bug is blocking upgrades, but yet the launchpad janitor claims that a fix has been released? – starbeamrainbowlabs Sep 04 '20 at 14:25
  • @starbeamrainbowlabs I understood what the OP mean; I noticed that he removed the point as of August 27th (when 2 bugs were blocking) and I think that this historic information is valuable. – Mathieu Dubois Sep 04 '20 at 19:23
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    @starbeamrainbowlabs read the Launchpad Janitor message closely. It has been resolved for Groovy only...and no others yet. Historical data is conveniently available in the edit history of the discourse thread. – user535733 Sep 04 '20 at 19:32
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    According to comment on the upgrade bug, upgrade is already available without -d. – mrówa Sep 29 '20 at 09:34
  • I received message: "Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS is now avaiable" via Software Updater today. But looking at your link, it still showed status "Upgrades from 18.04 to 20.04.1 still disabled". What does this mean? – le hien Oct 02 '20 at 09:18
  • @lehien I'm not sure what you are looking it. When I click my link, it says Current Blockers: None and Status: Released. – user535733 Oct 02 '20 at 14:55
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    @user535733 I clicked your link and it says: Status 20.04.1 Released! Upgrades from 18.04 to 20.04.1 still disabled Current Blockers: None So it is different between region? – le hien Oct 03 '20 at 07:38
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    Today, the page says Upgrades from 18.04 to 20.04.1 enabled! – Bernhard Döbler Oct 08 '20 at 21:34
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sudo do-release-upgrade -d

Will get you safely upgraded today, but please verify before upgrading that you are not affected by the blocking bugs mentioned above by user535733.

Johan Ramm-Ericson
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    This is actually better than manually editing sources.list. – Kulfy Aug 18 '20 at 18:55
  • This works because 20.04 is still flagged as a developmental release until they sort out those blocking bugs.

    Since 19.10 is no longer the most recent developmental release, upgrading this way with the "-d" flag is the simplest way to upgrade "now" before 20.04 is formally flagged as LTS, and it won't compromise your preference to stick to future LTS releases going forward.

     – Jeff Sereno Aug 18 '20 at 22:28
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    The remaining blocking bug, in layman's terms is a problem in certain cloud environments, where a disk boot record is not used. If your system uses a physical disk, the bug should not be able to affect you and you can safely upgrade. – DustWolf Sep 05 '20 at 15:06
  • -d does not work for me (18.04.1), and apparently I'm not the only one. https://askubuntu.com/questions/1254519/problem-upragding-to-focal-fossa-20-04-authenticate-focal-tar-gz-against-foca – Costin Gușă Sep 09 '20 at 17:45
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If you have a 32-bit installation then you will never be offered an upgrade to 20.04 because it is not supported anymore. If this is the case then your only way is to reinstall with the 64-bit version ;-(

How to check quickly: In a terminal enter

uname -m

If this gives you i686 and not x86_64 then you have 32-bit installation.

Hope that helps

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