Ubuntu upgrade from 17.04 to 18.04

Upgrade to 17.04 to 17.10
sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.bak #to be safe
sudo sed -i -re ‘s/old-releases.ubuntu.com/archive.ubuntu.com/g’ /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo sed -i -re ‘s/zesty/artful/g’ /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt dist-upgrade
sudo apt autoremove
(Links says to use aptitude instead of apt-get)

Upgrade from 17.10 to 18.04: EOLUpgrades

Replace everything in /etc/apt/sources.list with this:

EOL upgrade sources.list

Required

deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ artful main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ artful-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ artful-security main restricted universe multiverse

Optional

#deb http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ artful-backports main restricted universe multiverse
Then run the upgrade:
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
do-release-upgrade
Do what it says when asked and wait for it to finish and you should be done.