Questions about the release procedures for a release, including policies, stable release updates, and distribution upgrades.
Questions tagged [release-management]
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How to install software or upgrade from an old unsupported release?
Recently I have installed an older version of Ubuntu on my old machine. Whenever I try to install any software, I get an error saying it couldn't be found:
$ sudo apt-get install vlc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency…
made_in_india
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How do I upgrade to a newer version of Ubuntu?
What are the different ways I can use to upgrade Ubuntu from one release to another?
rakshith
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Why is "No new release found" when upgrading from a LTS to the next?
I'm following the upgrade instructions on Ubuntu's website, but on launching the upgrade tool I get this response:
Checking for a new ubuntu release
No new release found
Am I doing something wrong? Is there a workaround?
BDoran
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How can I find the version of Ubuntu that is installed?
I installed some version of Ubuntu on my VMware, but I don't know what version exactly it is. How can I find it out?
Am1rr3zA
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Why don't the Ubuntu repositories have the latest versions of software?
Why are packages in the official Ubuntu repositories older than the latest (upstream) versions from Debian Sid, PPAs, the authors, etc.?
Thomas Ward
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How to roll back Ubuntu to a previous version?
I just installed a new version of Ubuntu and I want to roll it back to the previous version.
How can I do that? Is that even possible?
Mokus
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What's the difference between a Long Term Support Release and a Normal Release?
What are the differences between an Ubuntu Long Term Support release (LTS) and a normal release?
Olivier Lalonde
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There's an issue with an Alpha/Beta Release of Ubuntu, what should I do?
I've been running Alpha releases of Ubuntu for some time now. I keep running into issues - how can I get these resolved? What should I do when I encounter these problems? And where can I find other Ubuntu+1 users to ask questions?
Marco Ceppi
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Can I smoothly upgrade from one LTS to next LTS release?
Question is about Ubuntu release process. Are migrations from n to n+1 releases expected?
Assuming we have server with installed Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
Will it be smoothly upgradable to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS via apt-get upgrade ?
Assumptions:
scope is…
Grzegorz Wierzowiecki
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No more updates for Google Chrome 32-bit
I am using Google Chrome 48.0 32-bit. Today when I launched Google Chrome, I got this message:
This computer will soon stop receiving Google Chrome updates because
this Linux system will no longer be supported
I thought Ubuntu 14.04 is supported…
Parto
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What's the meaning of version numbering of Ubuntu?
What's the meaning of the numbering for different versions? Do they signify something?
Mohit Jain
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How do I upgrade to the development release (aka. Ubuntu+1)?
How do I upgrade to the unreleased version of Ubuntu for testing?
dasen
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Upgrading LTS to LTS (server) -- why wait for the first point release?
Does anyone know the (specific) reasons that it is recommended that old LTS server users wait until the point release to upgrade? Is it just a matter of bug fixes and waiting for improved stability for production servers, or is there something more…
Andy
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Upgrading from the command line?
I would like to know how to upgrade from my current version of Ubuntu to the next stable from the Command line interface?
myusuf3
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What will happen when the Code Names of the Ubuntu releases get to Z
The last release was Natty Narwhal (Letter N) for the 11.04. Then it was Oneiric Ocelot (Letter O) for the 11.10. This time, the newest one will be Precise Pangolin (Letter P) for the 12.04.
At this pace, what will happen when Ubuntu gets to Z? Will…
Luis Alvarado
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