Kubuntu How to Upgrade From 16.04 to 18.04 Bionic Easy Guide

Upgrading Kubuntu from 16.04 to 18.04

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Upgrade Kubuntu from 16.04 to 18.04 Bionic LTS.

And thanks to the Amazing Ubuntu Upgrading System it’s quite painless to Upgrade from Kubuntu 16.04+ to Kubuntu 18.04.

Especially relevant how this Guide Make Use of the Command Line Terminal Console to achieve the Upgrading process.

1. First, Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   

   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.

How to Quick Start with Command Line on Xubuntu

Kubuntu Console Quick Start
Getting-Started with Terminal on Xubuntu

2. Upgrading to Kubuntu 18.04 Bionic
   Login as SuperUser:

   sudo su

   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
   First, Update Apt Sources with:

   apt update

   Then Update the Actual System:

   apt dist-upgrade

   And finally Make the Upgrade:

   do-release-upgrade

   If Got “No new releases found” and to Anticipate a New Release with the Dev one:

   do-release-upgrade -d

   Follow the Command Line Wizard until to Authorize with “y” for Upgrading Startup.
   Then you’ll Need to Wait for some Time… Until the Upgrading Process is Successfully Achieved.

   reboot

   Then Reboot Into your Shiny New Kubuntu 18.04 Bionic! :)