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Guide to Upgrade from Ubuntu 11.04 to 11.10
This is a step-by-step guide to upgrade your release of Ubuntu 11.04 to 11.10. The upgrade procedure is illutrated by utilizing the GUI tools provided by the desktop installation of Ubuntu.
Contents
Upgrade Ubuntu
The development Team of Ubuntu provides a set of easy-to-use tools to perform all required steps when upgrading your Ubuntu installation.
Upgrade from an Older Release
To be able to follow this guide it is expected you have intalled Ubuntu 11.04. If you have to perform a migration starting from an earlier release of Ubuntu than 11.04 you should take a look at the following list of articles. They do contain a detailed description how to perform the upgrade and what alternatives are available.
- Guide to Upgrade from Ubuntu 10.10 to 11.04
- Online Upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 for Desktop Computers
- Upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 Using the Alternate CD / DVD
- Online Upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 at Command Line
Perform the Upgrade
As previously mentioned we are utilizing the graphical desktop to perform the upgrade. Everything you need is to logon to your Linux Maschine locally or remote (via a network connection).
Start the Upgrade Manager
Start the Upgrade Manager by selecting the following system menu item:
System > Administration > Update Manager
If the application does not detect an available upgrade release you should check the settings. To check and modify settings please click on the lower left button labeled ‘Settings…‘. As described in article Online Upgrade to Ubuntu 11.10 for Desktop Computers you have to modify the Upgrade Path. For updating to release 11.10 select in section Release Upgrade the entry ‘normal releases‘.
Read Release Notes
Read the release notes. They do contain important information regarding the target release you are going to update to.
Downloading the Packages
After confirming the previous dialog the Upgrade Manager starts to download all required software packages.
When the download has been finished the installation and configuration will be started. Depending on the hardware of your system and the number of software packages to be upgraded this step may require up to several hours.
Related Articles:
- Guide to Upgrade from Ubuntu 10.10 to 11.04
- Online Upgrade to Ubuntu 10.10 for Desktop Computers
- Online Upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 for Desktop Computers
- Online Upgrade to Ubuntu 11.10 for Desktop Computers
- Upgrade to Ubuntu 10.10 Using the Alternate CD / DVD
- Upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 Using the Alternate CD / DVD
- Upgrade to Ubuntu 11.10 Using the Alternate CD / DVD
- Online Upgrade to Ubuntu 10.10 at Command Line
- Online Upgrade to Ubuntu 11.04 at Command Line
- Online Upgrade to Ubuntu 11.10 at Command Line