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Hello i have ubuntu desktop 18.04.5 with latest updates.. But dont know why the prompt i should read doesnt appear :

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I only have the line The software on this computer is up-to date.And thats it...

I also would like to pass from "normal" Ubuntu Desktop 18.04 to Ubuntu Studio 20.04.1 if possible ( as i have bought a usb audio interface and want to make some tests with djinng and music).

Thanks in advance

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Run the upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04 to Ubuntu 20.04 in the terminal with do-release-upgrade -d and copy the error message into a text file. The error message will probably say which log file to look in to display the complete error message. An uncorrected error can block your upgrade forever, but if you correct the error the upgrade will proceed normally. Note: Please simulate all corrections before running them to avoid crippling your operating system.

When I tried this on my Ubuntu 18.04 the results were that three Python 2.x packages could not be upgraded, and that was blocking the upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04 to Ubuntu 20.04. I simulated uninstalling each of these packages one by one. Uninstalling two of the three packages would also have uninstalled about 1GB of other packages that had these packages as a dependency. Uninstalling the third package with apt remove --simulate <package> simulated only uninstalling itself and removed no other packages. After uninstalling this package the upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04 proceeded to the end without errors.

Thanks. I think all went the right way. I found the problem that this repository is not available: http://achive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/focal-updates/InRelease, so I changed it to http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/focal-updates/InRelease.

karel
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