Update to 13.10 without GUI access
Solution 1
Note: you could be helped by this question: Ubuntu gets stuck in a login loop
If you have access to CTRL+ALT+F1, this should be fine.
If you're lucky, all you need to do is run startx
once you're logged in and get to a usable (albeit compiz-less) desktop.
If you're less lucky, here's the long way:
I found instructions here
In a nutshell, run
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
to update all packages, then
sudo apt-get install update-manager-core
sudo do-release-upgrade
to do the actual update to 13.10
Otherwise,
Get your files out (using a Live USB/CD) and reinstall from a 13.10 Live USB/CD.
Solution 2
Try running sudo do-release-upgrade
from the command line.
Solution 3
Yes you can update from the command line. Use sudo apt-get update
then sudo apt-get upgrade
and your packages should be completely up to date. For a distribution upgrade do sudo do-release-upgrade
.
Tom
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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Tom over 1 year
After upgrading 13.04 with the latest patches, I'm getting some really weird problems -- namely, logging in at the GUI just dumps me back at the GUI login screen. I can, however, get command line access from Ctrl-Alt-F1, and remotely via SSH.
Given that I was doing these updates to step to 13.10, I figure I might as well continue the process, and then deal with the fallout once I get there. However, how can this be achieved with only the command line, and no X available?
The only method I've found thus far is to run 'update-manager', which does not appear to have a CLI mode (and will not start without access to X).
What's the solution?
Thanks!
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Tom over 10 yearsNope - this doesn't switch from the 13.04 release to 13.10. It just tries to update to the latest packages within 13.04, which I've already done. (And caused listed problems!)
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troylatroy over 10 yearsOh I'm sorry i thought you wanted your packages updated. I'll update my answer