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Yesterday I prepared to upgrade from Ubuntu 12.10 to 13.10, but something went wrong during the upgrade and my computer got restarted in the middle of the process (at the point of installing packages).

Now I have a unusable state of system (I still can use the command line version of Ubuntu). How can I repair this state to fully upgrade to 13.10 without losing data?

Braiam
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The only upgrade candidate you have from Ubuntu 12.10 is Ubuntu 13.04 which is End of Life. That is the reason why your upgrade failed. Fixing it is rather involved, however you have another chance to make things right. In another two days on April 17 Ubuntu 14.04 will be released. Then you can back up all your personal data by running an Ubuntu live DVD or USB and install Ubuntu 14.04. Ubuntu 14.04 will be a Long Term Support release that will be supported by updates until April, 2019.

In response to your question, since Ubuntu 13.04 is End of Life you can skip over Ubuntu 13.04 when upgrading. The instructions for how to do that are found in the answers to the question: Can I skip over releases when upgrading?. However to take this upgrade path you would first have to fix your problem of being stuck in the command line, so once again it would be easier and more fun for you to wait until Ubuntu 14.04 is released and then do a fresh install of Ubuntu 14.04.

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  • The upgrader application (forgot his name) told me I can upgrade to 13.10 and haven't said anything about upgrading to 13.04. May you be wrong? – lilezek Apr 15 '14 at 13:37
  • You have in general two simple upgrade paths: 1) from any release to the next release 2) For Long Term Support Releases you can also upgrade to the next Long Term Support release. Since Ubuntu is open source, you can also take any Ubuntu upgrade path you choose. I'm talking about the highway here, rather than back roads. – karel Apr 15 '14 at 13:41
  • I don't know to much about the way Ubuntu upgrades, but I'm pretty sure the application text said something like:

    You have updated all packets, but you can upgrade to 13.10, and gave the option to cancel, remember later or update.

     – lilezek Apr 15 '14 at 13:42
  • Like I said, the choice is yours. I'm not trying to make your decision for you. I'm just showing you a map. – karel Apr 15 '14 at 13:43
  • Okay, I misunderstood what you wanting to say. I'll try to install 14.04 so. – lilezek Apr 15 '14 at 14:11
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To make your update work properly, you need to update in this order:

[Ubuntu] 12.10 ▸ 13.04 ▸ 13.10
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