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So as the title indicates, I am new(er) to Ubuntu. I have an Asus laptop I gave to my buddy who did a dual boot Windoze 10/Ubuntu 16.10. I have tried and scoured the internet for an answer on updating to 17.10 but I cannot find how to do it. I get an error stating "an upgrade from Yakkety to Artful is not supported...etc" I would love to learn more of the programming language, etc. but not sure where to start. I read that a completely fresh install would be the best case scenario, but I don't know how to uninstall what I am currently using and re-installing the new OS. Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated.

user851557
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These steps will help you to upgrade to 18.04 Bionic Beaver which is supported till April 2023.

  • First, you need to run the following command to change all instances of yakkety to bionic in the source list file.

    sudo sed -i 's/yakkety/bionic/g' /etc/apt/sources.list

  • After that, update software sources and upgrade software to the latest version available in the Ubuntu 18.04 repository. This step is called minimal upgrade.

    sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

  • Once minimal upgrade is finished, run the following command to begin full upgrade

    sudo apt dist-upgrade

  • After that, you can remove obsolete/unneeded software packages from your Ubuntu system.

    sudo apt autoremove
sudo apt clean

  • Finally, reboot the system.

    sudo shutdown -r now

You should now see the Ubuntu 18.04 GNOME login screen. GNOME is the default desktop environment, but you can choose Unity desktop on the login screen.

Kulfy
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