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I have an Ubuntu server running 14.04.1 LTS and I need to upgrade it to 14.04.3 LTS. Is this even possible?

I tried running:

sudo do-release-upgrade -d

But it failed with the following error:

Required depends is not installed

The required dependency 'apt (>= 1.0.1ubuntu2.13)' is not installed.
=== Command terminated with exit status 1 (Thu Jul 14 07:46:19 2016) ===
uvasal
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  • Is there any reason you need to update to 14.04.3 and not 14.04.4 (which is currently the newest version)? – Sledge Hammer Jul 14 '16 at 07:55
  • @SledgeHammer: Yes, our production server uses 14.04.3 and I rather not touch that one. – uvasal Jul 14 '16 at 07:57
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    Possible duplicate of What are point releases in LTS versions? – Braiam Jul 14 '16 at 15:29
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    @Braiam - This topic explains what are point releases but not how to update to a specific one which is what uvasal needs. – Sledge Hammer Jul 14 '16 at 15:43
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    @SledgeHammer "Each point release is merely a snapshot of updated packages in the LTS version at that time which includes security updates and bug fixes." There's no upgrade to a specific point release, the point release aren't relevant while upgrading, just when installing. – Braiam Jul 14 '16 at 15:57
  • @Braiam: Exactly. So it's not possible and the answer to my question is not in the other topic. If anybody posts an answer, I will be happy to mark accepted. – uvasal Jul 15 '16 at 03:50

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As mentioned in the comments, you can install any specific release. You can find the one you are looking for here website. Just install as usual (create usb/cd, boot, etc). yet, if you run upgrade/update, you will end up with the final point release anyway.

It is for this same reason that in the official website you will only see the final releases. Any previous one is override by an apt-get upgrade/update operation.