Upgrade Ubuntu To 20.10 Groovy Gorilla

If you feel adventurous you can upgrade to Ubuntu 20.10 today. All you need is to have fully upgraded and updated Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa at your disposal. In this How To Upgrade Ubuntu To 20.10 Groovy Gorilla tutorial you will learn:

• How to fully update and upgrade your current Ubuntu system.
• How to configure the release upgrader.
• How to upgrade your Ubuntu system.

Software Requirements and Conventions Used

How To Upgrade Ubuntu To 20.10 Groovy Gorilla step by step instructions

1. Fully update and upgrade your current Ubuntu 20.04 Linux system.Execute the below commands:

   $ sudo apt update 
   $ sudo apt upgrade
   $ sudo apt dist-upgrade
   

2. Remove all no longer required packages:

   $ sudo apt autoremove
   

3. Configure the release upgrader. Open and edit the /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades file and ensure that the Prompt variable is set to normal.

   # Default behavior for the release upgrader.
   
   [DEFAULT]
   # Default prompting behavior, valid options:
   #
   #  never  - Never check for a new release.
   #  normal - Check to see if a new release is available.  If more than one new
   #           release is found, the release upgrader will attempt to upgrade to
   #           the release that immediately succeeds the currently-running
   #           release.
   #  lts    - Check to see if a new LTS release is available.  The upgrader
   #           will attempt to upgrade to the first LTS release available after
   #           the currently-running one.  Note that this option should not be
   #           used if the currently-running release is not itself an LTS
   #           release, since in that case the upgrader won't be able to
   #           determine if a newer release is available.
   Prompt=normal
   

   Save the file.

4. Begin the Ubuntu 20.10 upgrade process by executing the following command:

   $ sudo do-release-upgrade
   

   NOTE
   In case you are upgrading to Ubuntu 20.10 prior to its release date you need to use -d switch as in $ sudo do-release-upgrade -d in order to trigger the upgrade process.

   Upgrading to 20.10 Groovy Gorilla.

   Upgrading to 20.10 Groovy Gorilla. Type Y to continue.

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5. Reboot your Ubuntu system. When the Ubuntu upgrade does finish, reboot the system. Once the system comes up, you’ll be running Ubuntu 20.10 Groovy Gorilla Linux system !

    

   You can view the Groovy Gorilla release notes on Ubuntu Discourse server.