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I am on Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS and the Software Updater suggests me to upgrade my Ubuntu to 22.04.1 LTS. I click the Upgrade... button and nothing happens. What might be the problem in your opinion?

Software Updater. The software on this computer is up to date. However, Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS is now available(you have 20.04). Settings... Upgrade... OK

ilhan
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Run the following commands to update your package lists and check for any upgradable packages:

sudo apt update
sudo apt list --upgradable

If you see any packages that need upgrading, such as:

ubuntu@ThinkPad-E14-Gen-4:~$ sudo apt list --upgradable
Listing... Done
xdg-desktop-portal-gtk/focal 1.8.0-1~flatpak1~20.04 amd64 [upgradable from: 1.6.0-1ubuntu1]
xdg-desktop-portal/focal 1.14.3-1~flatpak1~20.04 amd64 [upgradable from: 1.6.0-1ubuntu2]

You can upgrade them with:

sudo apt upgrade

reboot the system if any kernel update

sudo reboot

After upgrading, open the system update GUI with:

sudo update-manager -c

Then, click on "Upgrade". This should work.

Prajval Baraiya
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I had exactly the same thing trying to upgrade to 23.10 from 23.04. Clicking on the Upgrade button would just close the dialog and nothing would happen. In the end, doing Pilot6's suggestion is the correct method.

First, using terminal, install update manager:

sudo apt install update-manager-core

Then, start the upgrade process:

sudo do-release-upgrade

This then showed the upgrade instead of just a blank screen. :)

davewasthere
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