"The software on this computer is up to date" while upgrading 12.10 to 13.04

Question

Before you guys close this question as duplicate, I did go through How do I upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04? and nothing solves my problem there.

When I try to upgrade my ubuntu 12.10 installation it says

The software on this computer is up to date.

There are no upgrades available for your system. The upgrade will now be canceled.

Here's a snapshot:

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Question: how to fix this issue and upgrade 12.10 to 13.04?

Update

I tried @montazeri's command and cated release file. Here's the output:

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No! it's not. Methods defined there aren't working! I have a weird error — codefreak, Jul 03 '13 at 08:00
What happened after you clicked close? Have you tried running the upgrade again? — Oli, Jul 10 '13 at 08:39
yes I did try to run again and again. After I clicked close, process just closed. Nothing else... — codefreak, Jul 10 '13 at 11:15
How about upgrading from the command line. Try a sudo do-release-upgrade. — Oli, Jul 10 '13 at 11:16
What does "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y" get you? Maybe try that before doing Oli's "sudo do-release-upgrade" — ryanpcmcquen, Jul 26 '13 at 23:28
did you choose to be able to upgrade from LTS to normal distribution in software sources — mohammadh montazeri, Aug 02 '13 at 20:58
+1 to montazeri's question. And, while this may not be a duplicate of the post you linked, there are dozens of questions already about this same topic, all of which swear they are not duplicates. Are you sure you have checked those answered questions? — nbm, Sep 28 '13 at 03:38
updated the question with montazeri's command. And I can swear I checked all. — codefreak, Sep 28 '13 at 19:24

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 12 '13 at 12:15

Question here, have you tried looking at the System Settings > Software & Updates information? Specifically on the updates tab, look at the drop-down where it states:

Notify me of a new Ubuntu version:

If it does not say 'For any new version' but instead says anything else, then this would occur.

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 08 '13 at 13:51

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I would first try

cat /etc/lsb-release

and make sure the it prints the version you should be running. Assuming it is, try

sudo apt-get update && apt-get upgrade

to ensure all necessary packages are up to date. Then perform a

do-release-upgrade

from the command line. If that doesn't work try

apt-get dist-upgrade

prior to installing the release upgrade.

answered Sep 08 '13 at 13:51

nlmiller206

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I already mentioned I tried all this. – codefreak Sep 08 '13 at 14:32

"The software on this computer is up to date" while upgrading 12.10 to 13.04

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