Best way to upgrade to 18.04

**RobGoss** · March 16th, 2018

Hello what is the best way to upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04 without doing a clean installation

**Frogs Hair** · March 16th, 2018

Usually LTS upgrades are available after the first point release. You'll be able to check that at the following link after the final release of 18.04.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

**oldos2er** · March 16th, 2018

You could try

Code:

sudo apt update

sudo apt full-upgrade

do-release-upgrade -d

I can't recommend doing this unless you have good backups in place first though. Caveat emptor!

**RobGoss** · March 16th, 2018

Thank you both for the help

I tried the second suggestion but it did not seem to do anything

**Frogs Hair** · March 16th, 2018

The commands may work after the final release of 18.04.

Edit: They do work with 17.10.

**RobGoss** · March 16th, 2018

Originally Posted by Frogs Hair

The commands may work after the final release of 18.04.

Edit: They do work with 17.10.

OK thanks so much for the help my friend have a great day

**monkeybrain20122** · March 17th, 2018

The best way is to backup your data and do a clean install. Too many threads where "upgrade" using methods above left people with broken systems, and the process takes a long time too.

**friarlawless** · March 20th, 2018

I did a Deja-Dup backup and took the plunge into 18.04b with this article today. So far so good. In my personal experience once they get this far along on the beta it's pretty safe. But don't take my word for it.

https://itsfoss.com/upgrade-ubuntu-version/