Ack! My Ubuntu Upgrade hung!!

E.J. Sexton — Thu, 27 May 2010 04:38:39 +0000

I about had a heart attack just now. My Ubuntu Upgrade completely froze up on me as I was upgrading from Karmic Koala to Lucid Lynx.

I think I was able to recover, though, by running the following commands:

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sudo dpkg --configure -a
apt-get -f install
shutdown -r now

It came back up and appears to be working. I’m going to keep my fingers crossed, though.

Upgrading Ubuntu Server

E.J. Sexton — Thu, 27 May 2010 04:25:02 +0000

I checked my old Ubuntu web server box and it turns out that I’m still using Intrepid Ibex. I’m three version’s behind! Here’s how to upgrade your Ubuntu Server:

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get install update-manager-core
do-release-upgrade

Thanks to HostingFu.com for the instructions.