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Upgrading PostgreSQL from 9.4 to 9.5 to 9.6 to 10 when upgrading Ubuntu 14.10 to 16.04

TL;DR

9.4 -> 9.5:

sudo pg_dropcluster 9.5 main --stop
sudo service postgresql stop
sudo pg_upgradecluster -m upgrade -k 9.4 main
sudo su postgres -c "/usr/lib/postgresql/9.5/bin/vacuumdb --all --analyze-in-stages"
sudo pg_dropcluster 9.4 main

9.5 to 9.6 with postgis 2.2 to 2.3 at the same time:

sudo pg_dropcluster 9.6 main --stop
sudo service postgresql stop

sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/postgresql/9.6/lib/postgis-2.3.so /usr/lib/postgresql/9.6/lib/postgis-2.2.so
sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/postgresql/9.6/lib/rtpostgis-2.3.so /usr/lib/postgresql/9.6/lib/rtpostgis-2.2.so
sudo pg_upgradecluster -m upgrade -k 9.5 main

# do for all postgis-enabled databases
sudo su postgres -c "psql -d gis -c 'alter extension postgis update;'"

sudo rm /usr/lib/postgresql/9.6/lib/rtpostgis-2.2.so /usr/lib/postgresql/9.6/lib/postgis-2.2.so
sudo su postgres -c "/usr/lib/postgresql/9.6/bin/vacuumdb --all --analyze-in-stages"
sudo pg_dropcluster 9.5 main
sudo apt remove postgresql-9.5

9.6 to 10 with postgis 2.3 to 2.4 at the same time:

sudo pg_dropcluster 10 main --stop
sudo service postgresql stop

sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/postgresql/10/lib/postgis-2.4.so /usr/lib/postgresql/10/lib/postgis-2.3.so 
sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/postgresql/10/lib/rtpostgis-2.4.so /usr/lib/postgresql/10/lib/rtpostgis-2.3.so 
sudo ln -sf /usr/lib/postgresql/10/lib/libpgrouting-2.4.so /usr/lib/postgresql/10/lib/libpgrouting-2.2.so

sudo pg_upgradecluster -m upgrade -k 9.6 main

# do for all postgis-enabled databases
sudo su postgres -c "psql -d gis -c 'alter extension postgis update;'"

sudo su postgres -c "/usr/lib/postgresql/10/bin/vacuumdb --all --analyze-in-stages"
sudo pg_dropcluster 9.6 main
sudo apt remove postgresql-9.6
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