How To Upgrade Ubuntu 10.04 To Ubuntu 10.10

Cant wait for june 3rd for Alpha 1?

If you want to test Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat you can do this today and there are two ways to update to Ubuntu 10.10 from Ubuntu 10.04.






Open terminal and type:

update-manager -d

After you will be offered with update manager and button for upgrading to 10.10 will be available.


For command line upgrades run in termina:

sudo aptitude install update-manager-core

sudo do-release-upgrade -d

The Debian way:

Make sure your current release is the latest and greatest

sudo aptitude update

sudo aptitude safe-upgrade

Change sources to new release

perl -p -i.lucid -e 's/lucid/maverick/' /etc/apt/sources.list

Start upgrading to new release

sudo aptitude update

sudo aptitude install dpkg aptitude apt

sudo aptitude safe-upgrade

sudo aptitude full-upgrade