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Earlier this year, Canonical added an "Ubuntu (Preview)" version for #WSL to the Microsoft Store, this was back when 22.04 was the current release. The preview is supposed to always be for the latest development version.

The preview version in the store was (is still) 22.10. 22.10 has been out for a month now, and no update to 23.04 is in sight.

I got an update to it from the MS store today (for what, I don't know) and it is still at 22.10.

So, I tried upgrading, the old fashion way, and that didn't work, either.

23.04 is currently in development, with daily live images being released, but I'm still stuck at 22.10 in the MS Store "Preview".

screenshot of upgrade attempt at bash prompt

Nmath
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Scott Beamer
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I got an update to it from the MS store today (for what, I don't know) and it is still at 22.10.

First, for some background, please do read my answer to How to upgrade Ubuntu packages in WSL alongside Microsoft Store auto-update. That will hopefully answer this part of your question, but to summarize:

Upgrading the Store app for a WSL distribution does not update any existing, installed distribution.

Again, all the lengthy explanation and details are in the linked question.

So, I tried upgrading, the old fashion way, and that didn't work, either.

You don't mention exactly what you tried, but the "old fashion way" should work just fine. Since you are currently on 22.10, you can:

  • Edit /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades and make sure Prompt=normal

  • Then sudo do-release-upgrade -d

That should take you from 22.10 to the development branch. I've just tested and confirmed on my own 22.10 installation here.

NotTheDr01ds
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