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I guess, the title can describe the real problem.

I know that upgrading from 12.10 to 14.04 require step by step upgrades from 12.10 to 13.04 to 13.10 to 14.04 LTS.But after the EOL of 12.10, 13.04, 13.10, I still can't update neither upgrade. I guess that one of the manual solutions are:

1- Downgrade to 12.04 LTS and then jump to 14.04LTS, is it really possible ? 2- Upgrade to 14.04LTS via DVD, is it possible??

The last question, is there any solution to upgrade from 12.10 to 14.04 LTS directly that can be expected in the near future??

Thanks for helping

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  • The last question is unclear. Aug 13, 2014 at 10:57
  • @muru: The answers to the question you linked to are focusing on keeping an EOL release, so I don't think it's a duplicate of this one. Aug 13, 2014 at 10:59
  • @GunnarHjalmarsson after setting up old-releases as given in the linked question's answers, you upgrade the normal way (via Update Manager or do-release-upgrade). So yes, it is a duplicate.
    – muru
    Aug 13, 2014 at 11:02
  • i can't update neither upgrade, the update manager still detect 13.04 as the upgrade version, when i try to process the upgrade, it show me a pop up error, no internet connection because it's no more available. Aug 13, 2014 at 11:34
  • @muru, thanks for your comment, it was helpful for me to use the old repository Aug 14, 2014 at 10:08

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Step by step upgrades are not required as regards non-LTS versions. It's fully possible to upgrade from 12.10 directly to 14.04 LTS. But you should never skip an LTS version.

Downgrading is not a good idea, if at all possible.

Edit:

If I was in your situation, I would try:

  • sudo -i gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
  • Replace all occurrences of quantal with trusty and save
  • sudo apt-get update
  • sudo apt-get upgrade
  • sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
  • sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
  • Reboot
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  • It's fully possible to upgrade from 12.10 directly to 14.04 LTS!! How?? Aug 13, 2014 at 11:30
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    It's possible, but not supported in any way. Aug 13, 2014 at 11:38
  • @Nabilbennasrallah: I just updated my answer with how. Aug 13, 2014 at 12:30
  • @saiarcot895: I know it's not officially supported. However, since LTS to LTS upgrades are supported, migration code needs to be kept until next LTS. Aug 13, 2014 at 12:33
  • @GunnarHjalmarsson: If you just change the distros in /etc/apt/sources.list, you won't get any "migration code"; that code is downloaded only through the use of do-release-upgrade. Aug 13, 2014 at 12:38

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