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    Clicked "Upgrade"on Software Updater, yet button does nothing...

    Software Updater prompted me that there is new LTS version available...(from 22.04 to 24.04.1)
    Yet when I click "Upgrade"-button, nothing happens.

    This is old Sony Vaio that has noveau driver. (used to have nvidia but there was compatibility problems)

    Already tried "sudo apt upgrade" without real results.
    Code:
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree... Done
    Reading state information... Done
    Calculating upgrade... Done
    The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
      libargon2-1:i386 libcryptsetup12:i386 libdevmapper1.02.1:i386 libflashrom1
      libftdi1-2 libip4tc2:i386 libjson-c5:i386 libkmod2:i386 libllvm13
      libllvm13:i386 libseccomp2:i386 libwpe-1.0-1 libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-1
      pepperflashplugin-nonfree
    Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
    The following packages have been kept back:
      gcc-10-base gcc-10-base:i386 python3-update-manager shim-signed
      ubuntu-advantage-tools ubuntu-pro-client ubuntu-pro-client-l10n
      update-manager update-manager-core
    0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded.

    (Problem in this is it prevents me updating anything else...)
    Last edited by yatski; August 30th, 2024 at 02:56 PM.

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    Re: Clicked "Upgrade"on Software Updater, yet button does nothing...

    I do not use software-updater but I think it simply updates any packages installed to the most recent version of that package for the OS version running, in your case 22.04. It does not update from one OS version to the next which is carried out differently.

    I have never updated my OS version but always clean installed tyh enew version so will leave it to others to tell you what is the best method to use.

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    Re: Clicked "Upgrade"on Software Updater, yet button does nothing...

    Failure to start the upgrade can be caused by held packages. I would check for any held packages by running:
    Code:
    apt-mark showhold
    in the terminal. If there is any output, you have to remove the hold on each package shown:
    Code:
    sudo apt-mark unhold package-name
    and then run:
    Code:
    sudo apt upgrade
    again.
    Also, to clean things up, I would also remove the packages that are no longer required on your system with:
    Code:
    sudo apt autoremove
    Then start Software Updater and try the upgrade button again.
    Last edited by Dennis N; August 30th, 2024 at 12:54 PM.

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    Re: Clicked "Upgrade"on Software Updater, yet button does nothing...

    Command
    Code:
    apt-mark showhold
    produces no results. Is this intended?

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    Re: Clicked "Upgrade"on Software Updater, yet button does nothing...

    Quote Originally Posted by yatski View Post
    Command
    Code:
    apt-mark showhold
    produces no results. Is this intended?
    if there is no output, there are no held packages. So held packages are not the problem.
    Were you shown a message like one of the attached images after updating? If so, and the Upgrade button still doesn't work, I am not sure of the cause, but I suspect there is some issue with one or more of the packages that have been held back.

    You may get more information by running:
    Code:
    sudo do-release-upgrade
    in the terminal. Try that.
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    Re: Clicked "Upgrade"on Software Updater, yet button does nothing...

    I tried

    Code:
    heta@heta-vaio:~$ sudo do-release-upgrade
    [sudo] password for heta: 
    Checking for a new Ubuntu release
    Please install all available updates for your release before upgrading.
    heta@heta-vaio:~$
    I was shown message similar to the first picture, but there wasn't message similar to second picture. (There was no second dialog box at all.)
    Last edited by yatski; August 30th, 2024 at 03:29 PM.

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    Re: Clicked "Upgrade"on Software Updater, yet button does nothing...

    Ok, Instead of upgrading 22.04 with sudo apt upgrade, I would try updating with:
    Code:
    sudo apt full-upgrade
    The difference between 'upgrade' and 'full-upgrade' options is that the latter can remove packages if needed to upgrade the system:

    here is the description of this option from manpage of apt:
    full-upgrade (apt-get(8))
    full-upgrade performs the function of upgrade but will remove
    currently installed packages if this is needed to upgrade the
    system as a whole.

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    Re: Clicked "Upgrade"on Software Updater, yet button does nothing...

    Quote Originally Posted by Dennis N View Post
    Ok, Instead of upgrading 22.04 with sudo apt upgrade, I would try updating with:
    Code:
    sudo apt full-upgrade
    Ran command, updated packages and tried Software Updater.... Still no second dialog box.

    Maybe my laptop is too old?

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    Re: Clicked "Upgrade"on Software Updater, yet button does nothing...

    After running sudo apt full-upgrade, did you try
    Code:
    sudo do-release-upgrade
    again?

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    Re: Clicked "Upgrade"on Software Updater, yet button does nothing...

    Got this:

    Code:
    heta@heta-vaio:~$ sudo apt full-upgrade
    [sudo] password for heta: 
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree... Done
    Reading state information... Done
    Calculating upgrade... Done
    The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
      libargon2-1:i386 libcryptsetup12:i386 libdevmapper1.02.1:i386 libflashrom1
      libftdi1-2 libip4tc2:i386 libjson-c5:i386 libkmod2:i386 libllvm13
      libllvm13:i386 libseccomp2:i386 libwpe-1.0-1 libwpebackend-fdo-1.0-1
      pepperflashplugin-nonfree
    Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
    The following packages have been kept back:
      gcc-10-base gcc-10-base:i386 python3-update-manager shim-signed
      update-manager update-manager-core
    0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
    heta@heta-vaio:~$ sudo do-release-upgrade
    Checking for a new Ubuntu release
    Please install all available updates for your release before upgrading.
    heta@heta-vaio:~$

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