Solve – please install all available updates for your release before upgrading

In this tutorial, i am going to show you the solution of please install all available updates for your release before upgrading while upgrading the ubuntu system.

Solve – please install all available updates for your release before upgrading

Error while trying to upgrade from Ubuntu 18.04 to 18.10, 20.04 and 22.04: “Please install all available updates for your release before upgrading.” So, There is a two simple solutions for please install all available updates for your release before upgrading ubuntu system: is as follows:

  • Solution 1 – Disable all third-party repositories
  • Solution 2 – Clean all the Ubuntu upgrade

Solution 1 – Disable all third-party repositories

Start terminal and run the following command to disable all third-party repositories in linux ubuntu system:

cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d 
for i in *.list; do mv ${i} ${i}.disabled; done 

Once the above command has been executed; then execute the following command on command line to clean the Apt update state cache data:

apt clean
apt autoclean 

Now, again start the Ubuntu upgrade process:

sudo do-release-upgrade 

Solution 2 – Clean all the Ubuntu upgrade

Run the following command on terminal to clean all the Ubuntu upgrade state cache:

apt clean 
apt autoclean 

Then, execute the following commands on command line one by one.

sudo apt update 
sudo apt upgrade -y 
sudo apt dist-upgrade 

Finally, run the Ubuntu upgrade process again. Hopefully, this will resolve the issue:

sudo do-release-upgrade 

Conclusion

In this tutorial, i have shown to you the solution of please install all available updates for your release before upgrading while upgrading the ubuntu system.

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