how do i upgrade ubuntu from 14 to 22
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Heya,
Usual steps are
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt dist-upgrade
However, doing an upgrade from 14 to 22 is quite a big leap, and considering you are on 14 when it’s way past its EOT, I would assume that you have a lot of outdated software which might not work on Ubuntu 22, and as a whole have issues when upgrading.
As such, before you upgrade, create a snapshot of your Droplet:
https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/snapshots/
Then proceed with the upgrade.
Bear in mind that it might just be easier to create a new Ubuntu 22.04 droplet. I would even recommend going to 24.04, as 22.04 is also a bit old and then migrate your stuff over.
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