upgrade ubuntu 19.04 - after end of life

[francescodc87]

Hi,
I have a machine with 19.04 installed. I need to upgrade the distro as 19.04 is not supported any more.

sudo do-release-upgrade gives me the following error


Checking for a new Ubuntu releaseYour Ubuntu release is not supported anymore.
For upgrade information, please visit:
http://www.ubuntu.com/releaseendoflife


Please install all available updates for your release before upgrading.


Searching online I found several possible solutions, but nothing seems to work.
I would install directly a new version of ubuntu via usb stick, but the machine is at my office and I won't have access to it until September (maybe later give to COVID related issues).
Could anybody help?

[ActionParsnip]

You'll need to grab the 19.10 ISO and upgrade using that. You can then upgrade to 20.04
Be sure you run a final full backup before starting if your data is valuable to you

Personally I suggest you run a final full backup and wipe the install off. You can then do a clean install of 20.04 and restore your user data. You will have fewer issues and less stuff and fluff from the old install.

[francescodc87]

Thanks for the quick reply!
Is there a way to "grab the 19.10 ISO and upgrade using that" remotely? Maybe via ssh?
Unfortunately, I don't have physical access to the machine till late September...

[ActionParsnip]

http://releases.ubuntu.com/19.10/ubuntu-19.10-desktop-amd64.iso
MD5: ee829212bbd90d6c0237701b10ad90fd

[francescodc87]

hi,
so I downloaded the image, mounted it in media/cdrom.


ls /media/cdrom/
boot casper dists EFI install isolinux md5sum.txt pics pool preseed README.diskdefines ubuntu


What should I do next?

[ActionParsnip]

As far as I know you'll need to make a bootable media using the ISO and the upgrade will be offered there. Others may know a different method

[rsteinmetz70112]

If you're feeling brave and lucky it is possible to upgrade using the online http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/. I did it once upon a time and it required changing the sources to point to the old releases repositories.

More information here. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades