i am unsure why, but after rebooting and running sudo dpkg --configure -D 777 udev
the update completed running sudo dpkg --configure -D 777 udev before rebooting did not work -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1538960 Title: package udev 225-1ubuntu9.1 failed to install/upgrade: exit error 1 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1538960/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs