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I currently have the problem that I cannot update from Ubuntu 20.10 to 21.04 or 21.10.

My Ubuntu Version:

Distributor ID:Ubuntu
Description:Ubuntu 20.10
Release:20.10
Codename:groovy

I would like upgrade to next higher verson, but still not work, following steps were done:

  1. Set Archive Package

    sudo sed -i -re 's/([a-z]{2}\.)?archive.ubuntu.com|security.ubuntu.com/old-releases.ubuntu.com/g' /etc/apt/sources.list

  2. Upgrade Packages:

    sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

  3. Reboot OS

  4. sudo do-release-upgrade

    Output:

    Reading cache

    Checking package manager
    

    Can not upgrade
    

    An upgrade from 'groovy' to 'impish' is not supported with this tool. 
=== Command terminated with exit status 1 (Thu Mar 24 07:30:42 2022) ===

Workaround:

Not work: https://www.barryodonovan.com/2022/01/31/upgrading-legacy-versions-of-ubuntu

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Attention:

I have only Ubuntu Commandline without gtx Display output. Ubuntu are Cloud Azure VM

matigo
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  • Correct. There is no method to go from 20.10 ⇢ 21.04 ⇢ 21.10 anymore. You will need to install 21.10 overtop your existing installation. This answer from many years ago can offer more details on the situation – matigo Mar 24 '22 at 10:19
  • You can re-install desktop systems without losing data files, having your Ubuntu repository manually installed package re-installed automatically, allowing you to achieve a change of release - however as system directories are wiped during this install; a location where many server apps store configs; it's not great with server installs. Ubuntu 20.10 told you it was the 2020-October release with 9 months of supported life; it wasn't difficult to plan the release-upgrade before 21.04 reached EOL (you had 6 months). If you don't like regular release-upgrades you should have used a LTS – guiverc Mar 24 '22 at 11:05

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