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I am trying to upgrade to Ubuntu 19.04 and am not able to. first, I tried this website: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DiscoDingo/ReleaseNotes to try and find out if there was simply something that I had missed. I tried the same commands on this page multiple times, but to no avail, as it kept giving me this error: Checking for a new Ubuntu release Please install all available updates for your release before upgrading. then I tried going to One single command to update everything in Ubuntu? to see if there was some kind of command I was missing out on. I tried again and it still did not work. then I went to this website: https://www.liquidweb.com/kb/troubleshooting-please-install-available-updates-release-upgrading/ because it seems that others had the same problem. This website did not help either as it gave me the exact same error again. I have run all of my updates many times over, on multiple different wifi networks, and if it helps, my computer is a Ubuntu computer that was originally running Windows 10, but I deleted it because it did not have all of the features I wanted from my operating system. I now have new information and have found the problem, but I don't know how to solve it. my Simple direct media player package won't update, and I don't know why. I have now done some more testing and I found this: The following packages have been kept back: libsdl2-2.0-0 libsdl2-dev I'm not sure why this is happening and it would be nice if someone could get back to me. I hope that this question can be answered so that I and many others with the same problem can get help. with best regards, consume555.

it is now 19 days later and I have found the solution on my own. As it turns out, my sdl library was not updating, so I simply deleted it. I have learned that I should always check the terminal before seeking help. Thank you to everyone who provided input and I apologize for any inconvenience caused on my behalf.

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  • Had you fully upgraded your 18.10 box before you tried to do-release-upgrade as the message implies you hadn't (eg. you possibly had run sudo apt upgrade which upgrades within limits, but not a sudo apt full-upgrade without said limits). The first site you mentioned was an official Ubuntu wiki page, so it's what I'd trust, but we'll help if you provide the command you tried & exact error message you received.
    – guiverc
    Apr 25, 2019 at 4:05
  • I tried the official Ubuntu page and I just tried your command and neither of them worked. here is the output from the official site: Apr 25, 2019 at 20:47
  • zamy@samy-HP-Pavilion-Notebook:~$ update-manager -c (update-manager:9920): Gtk-WARNING **: 15:45:44.747: Theme file for DMZ-Black has no directories (update-manager:9920): Gtk-WARNING **: 15:46:05.747: Theme file for DMZ-Black has no directories debconf: DbDriver "passwords" warning: could not open /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat: Permission denied debconf: DbDriver "passwords" warning: could not open /var/cache/debconf/passwords.dat: Permission denied Checking for a new Ubuntu release Please install all available updates for your release before upgrading. Apr 25, 2019 at 20:47
  • and here is the message i got for your command Apr 25, 2019 at 20:48
  • sudo apt full-upgrade Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: g++-7 gnome-themes-standard libarmadillo8 libglibmm-2.4-1v5 libiptcdata0 libllvm3.9 libmircore-dev libopenmpi2 libqt5multimediaquick-p5 libsamplerate0:i386 libsfml-system2.4 libtinfo5:i386 libxml++2.6-2v5 libzita-alsa-pcmi0 libzita-resampler1 x11proto-gl-dev x11proto-xf86bigfont-dev The following packages have been kept back: libsdl2-2.0-0 libsdl2-dev The following packages will be upgraded: libnuma1 Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Apr 25, 2019 at 20:53

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1.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.Begin the Ubuntu 19.04 upgrade process by executing the following command

$ sudo do-release-upgrade 
$ sudo do-release-upgrade -d  #To upgrade to Ubuntu 19.04 pre-release from 18.10

4.Reboot your Ubuntu system

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    Not sure if // works for comment in bash. Most people use # for comment Apr 25, 2019 at 12:44
  • sudo do-release-upgrade -d Checking for a new Ubuntu release Please install all available updates for your release before upgrading. this is the exact same error message I got when trying to update before Apr 25, 2019 at 20:57
  • @WinEunuuchs2Unix thz i edit my answer :D
    – GHOST
    Apr 27, 2019 at 17:45
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    I tried again today and it still didn't work. Apr 28, 2019 at 15:31

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