cannot upgrade to newer version of unbuntu

[James Nightingale]

an error occurred, please run package manager fro

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: update-manager 1:0.134.12.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-45.104-generic 2.6.32.60+drm33.26
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-45-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Feb 23 14:27:00 2013
GConfNonDefault:
 /apps/update-manager/check_new_release_ignore=
 /apps/update-manager/first_run=false
 /apps/update-manager/show_versions=false
 /apps/update-manager/window_size=(600,600)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstate.tar.gz: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz'
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

[dino99 (9d9)]

This version is no more supported