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== General == | ==General== | ||
Though you can upgrade every 6 months there is often little reason to do this in a production environment. | Though you can upgrade every 6 months there is often little reason to do this in a production environment. | ||
Every two years a LTS(Long Term Support) release comes out. | Every two years a LTS(Long Term Support) release comes out. | ||
* It is supported for 5 years. | *It is supported for 5 years. | ||
* It does get point releases and kernel upgrades. | *It does get point releases and kernel upgrades. | ||
* Most software can be brought to a current version with a ppa | *Most software can be brought to a current version with a ppa | ||
<br /> | ==Check== | ||
<br /><code>sudo do-release-upgrade -c</code> | |||
The c is obviously for check | The c is obviously for check | ||
== Upgrade == | ==Upgrade== | ||
<code>sudo do-release-upgrade</code> | <code>sudo do-release-upgrade</code> | ||
This normally only works after the point release is out. | This normally only works after the point release is out. | ||
You can force it sooner with the -d flag at the end | You can force it sooner with the -d flag at the end | ||
<code>sudo do-release-upgrade -d</code> | <code>sudo do-release-upgrade -d</code> | ||
Revision as of 04:47, 17 December 2020
General
Though you can upgrade every 6 months there is often little reason to do this in a production environment.
Every two years a LTS(Long Term Support) release comes out.
- It is supported for 5 years.
- It does get point releases and kernel upgrades.
- Most software can be brought to a current version with a ppa
Check
sudo do-release-upgrade -c
The c is obviously for check
Upgrade
sudo do-release-upgrade
This normally only works after the point release is out.
You can force it sooner with the -d flag at the end
sudo do-release-upgrade -d