Upgrading 12.04 to 14.04 beta directly (without the intermediate 12.10 release)

Question

I was trying to upgrade from 12.04 LT to 14.04 beta using update manager and using this command.

sudo do-release-upgrade --check-dist-upgrade-only --devel-release

But it is showing

Checking for a new Ubuntu release
New release '12.10' available.
Run 'do-release-upgrade' to upgrade to it

How can I skip the other versions and upgrade directly to 14.04 beta ?

I don't know, I haven't done it yet myself. You have backed up all your data, right? — Elliott Frisch, Apr 05 '14 at 03:43

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 05 '14 at 05:47

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Looks like it checks for the next release, instead of the next lts release. You may need to edit /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades and set Prompt=lts.

To open the file for editing, run sudo nano /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades, after editing, pess ctrl-o to save, ctrl-x to exit.

Also make sure you have update-manager-core installed with
sudo apt-get install update-manager-core

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answered Apr 05 '14 at 05:47

mikewhatever

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@HappyCoder How's everything so far ? Any problem after the upgrade ? I'm planning to do the same thing and I'd like to know your experience. – Tulains Córdova Apr 21 '14 at 14:04
It all went well. I got an update yesterday also and everything is perfect for me – Happy Coder Apr 22 '14 at 08:54

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 18 '14 at 05:38

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1.install update-manager-core

sudo apt-get install update-manager-core

2.upgrade

sudo do-release-upgrade -d

answered Apr 18 '14 at 05:38

Thusitha Sumanadasa

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Upgrading 12.04 to 14.04 beta directly (without the intermediate 12.10 release)

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