Terminal commands to upgrade to Ubuntu 16.10 from Ubuntu 16.04. Learn how to upgrade Ubuntu Server 16.04 to Ubuntu Server 16.10. Upgrade Ubuntu server 16.04 to 16.10 via command line.
Upgrade Ubuntu Server to 16.10
Follow the steps given below to upgrade to Ubuntu Server 16.04 to Ubuntu Server 16.10.
Open terminal and run the following command to install the update-manager-core package (you must run this command if the package is not already installed):
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install update-manager-core
Once update-manager-core package is installed, run the command given below to configure update-manager:
sudo gedit /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades
The above command will open the file in gedit. Simply change the line “Prompt=LTS” to “Prompt=normal” (without quotes) and save the file. This is done because 16.10 isn’t a LTS release.
Finally run the command to start the upgrade process.
sudo apt-get update
sudo do-release-upgrade -d
Once the upgrade process begins, you will have to follow the on-screen instruction to complete the upgrade process.