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Upgrade Ubuntu Dist from command line
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sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

Try to upgrade dist

sudo apt dist-upgrade
sudo apt autoremove

This could fail. Read the message. It will tell to edit a "prompt". Edit from LTS to normal.

sudo vim /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades

Repeat

sudo apt dist-upgrade
sudo apt autoremove

Finally upgrade

sudo do-release-upgrade

or enforce

sudo do-release-upgrade -d

Downgrade a package

Get a list of all available versions

apt search <package> -a | grep -i version

Install specific version (downgrade is possible)

sudo apt install <package>=<version>
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