Upgrade Ubuntu Release

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1214292/upgrade-path-from-16-04-to-20-04-lts-without-gui-change

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
sudo reboot
sudo do-release-upgrade -c
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo do-release-upgrade -f DistUpgradeViewNonInteractive
# use yes bash command for Configuration file '/etc/sysctl.conf'

Notes

do-release-upgrade --frontend=DistUpgradeViewNonInteractive --proposed --allow-third-party
do-release-upgrade --frontend=DistUpgradeViewNonInteractive  --allow-third-party  --mode=desktop --proposed

Upgrade to next release

sudo do-release-upgrade
# sudo do-release-upgrade -d  # development version by adding -d

#!/bin/bash
set -e

# https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-upgrade-to-ubuntu-18-04-lts-bionic-beaver

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

sudo apt autoremove -y

sudo apt install update-manager-core -y

sudo reboot

sudo do-release-upgrade

# lxc exec NAME -- script /dev/null -c do-release-upgrade

# container:~# script /dev/null
# do-release-upgrade
# sudo do-release-upgrade -d  # BEWARE If dev version is wanted but BEWARE

# Debian
sudo sed -i 's/bionic/focal/g' /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo apt update && sudo apt -y dist-upgrade

a2enmod php7.2

You may need to update postgres and other apps

sudo pg_dropcluster 10 main --stop
sudo pg_upgradecluster 9.5 main
sudo pg_dropcluster 9.5 main
apt purge postgresql-9.5

sudo do-release-upgrade -d will force upgrade from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. In case you receive an "Upgrades to the development release are only available from the latest supported release." message, make sure that release upgrader default behavior is set to ltswithin /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades

https://askubuntu.com/questions/113301/how-to-remove-all-i386-packages-from-ubuntu-64bit

sudo aptitude purge `dpkg --get-selections | grep ":i386" | awk '{print $1}'`
sudo apt-get purge `dpkg --get-selections | grep ":i386" | awk '{print $1}'`
dpkg --print-foreign-architectures

Unattended

The following command upgrades to the new stable release without prompts:

do-release-upgrade -f DistUpgradeViewNonInteractive

The following command upgrades to the current development release without prompts:

do-release-upgrade -d -f DistUpgradeViewNonInteractive

ref

• https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-upgrade-ubuntu-to-20-04-lts-focal-fossa
• https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/installing-upgrading.html
• https://askubuntu.com/questions/250733/can-i-do-a-silent-or-unattended-release-upgrade