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dist-upgrade doesn't upgrade the distribution: The difference between dist and normal upgrade is that normal upgrade will not install new packages if required,

by lhnn 16y ago

dist-upgrade doesn't upgrade the distribution: The difference between dist and normal upgrade is that normal upgrade will not install new packages if required, it will only update existing packages. You have to use some other commands to get an actual Ubuntu version upgrade (I don't know them, but you seem to have the GUI version down.)

SkyMarshal 16y ago
Ah you're right, thanks. In fact dist-upgrade should be avoided since it can apparently break dependencies. After a little digging, the command line to upgrade to the newest Ubuntu version is: %> sudo apt-get update %> sudo apt-get install update-manager-core %> sudo do-release-upgrade