How to Upgrade Ubuntu 22.04 to Ubuntu 22.10 Kinetic Kudu

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Ubuntu 22.10 Kinetic Kudu has been released, This receives a short security updates and support (until July 2023).

For those who want to upgrade their existing Ubuntu system to the latest, we shall see how this is done in this article.

Prerequisites

• root access to the Ubuntu 22.04 system.
• Stable internet connection.

We will update our existing Ubuntu 22.04 installation with the latest available packages for it with the following commands,

cat /etc/lsb-release

Output:

root@vps:~# cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=22.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=jammy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 22.04 LTS"

Upgrade Ubuntu 22.04

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First, we have to update our existing Ubuntu 22.04 installation with the latest available packages for it with the following commands

apt update
apt upgrade

Next, we need to set Prompt=normal in /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades to check the release.

nano /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades

And edit the line to,

Prompt=normal

Save and exit the file.

Next, we will start with upgrading to the new version.

This command checks for new releases, and updates sources:

do-release-upgrade

NOTE: While running the command it'll prompt for several permissions.

Output:

root@vps:~# do-release-upgrade
Checking for a new Ubuntu release

= Welcome to Ubuntu 22.10 'Kinetic Kudu' =

The Ubuntu team is proud to announce Ubuntu 22.10 'Kinetic Kudu'.

To see what's new in this release, visit:
  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KineticKudu/ReleaseNotes

Ubuntu is a Linux distribution for your desktop or server, with a fast
and easy install, regular releases, a tight selection of excellent
applications installed by default, and almost any other software you
can imagine available through the network.

Next, you will be prompted to reboot the server.

reboot

Press y to confirm the upgrade.

Select OK and continue.

Select yes and continue.

After a restart, login and check the current Ubuntu version on your server by running the following command.

lsb_release -a

Output:

root@vps:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 22.10
Release:        22.10
Codename:       kinetic

This concludes the article for upgrading Ubuntu to the latest available version, 22.10.