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Asked: 2020-12-21 22:09:13 +0800 CST

Ubuntu 18.04: osboxes.org virtual machine release upgrade is stuck

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I am in the middle of my release upgrade. I got the following message with a link, and the system is stuck. I am upgrading osboxes.org virtual machine on Ubuntu 18.04.

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

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I left the machine running, today when I started, I have following messages:

> Get:1 Upgrade tool signature [1,554 B]                                
> Get:2 Upgrade tool [1,340 kB]                                         
> Fetched 1,342 kB in 0s (0 B/s)                                        
> authenticate 'focal.tar.gz' against 'focal.tar.gz.gpg'  extracting
> 'focal.tar.gz'
> 
> Reading cache
> 
> Checking package manager Reading package lists... Done Building
> dependency tree         Reading state information... Done Hit
> http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan InRelease                  
> Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-updates InRelease      
> Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-backports InRelease    
> Hit http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan-security InRelease     
> Fetched 0 B in 0s (0 B/s)                                             
> Reading package lists... Done     Building dependency tree          
> Reading state information... Done
> 
> Checking for installed snaps
> 
> Calculating snap size requirements
> 
> Updating repository information Get:1
> http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease [265 kB]          
> Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease [114
> kB]      Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports
> InRelease [101 k

and then lots of Gets

and then :

Fetched 43.0 MB in 6s (3,491 kB/s)

Checking package manager Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done

Calculating the changes

Calculating the changes

Do you want to start the upgrade?

2 packages are going to be removed. 110 new packages are going to be installed. 1254 packages are going to be upgraded.

You have to download a total of 1,212 M. This download will take about 5 minutes with your connection.

Installing the upgrade can take several hours. Once the download has finished, the process cannot be canceled.

Continue [yN] Details [d]Y

Lock screen disabled

Your lock screen has been disabled and will remain disabled until you reboot.

To continue please press [ENTER] Inhibiting until Ctrl+C is pressed...

I have pressed the ENTER key, its still running.

upgrade 18.04

1 Answers

  1. sudo sed -i -e 's/archive.ubuntu.com\|security.ubuntu.com/us.old-releases.ubuntu.com/g' /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install update-manager-core
sudo do-release-upgrade
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