Public bug reported: It fails with possible reasons being the following: * Upgrading to a pre-release version of Ubuntu * Running the current pre-release version of Ubuntu * Unnofficial software packages not provided by Ubuntu.
There are additional software packages not provided by ubuntu that are installed on the system, but they have not blocked updates in the past. Packages like Keepass, Dropbox, Crashplan, ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.25 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-133.159-generic 4.4.134 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-133-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18 Architecture: amd64 CrashDB: ubuntu Date: Thu Aug 16 17:42:24 2018 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-24 (1210 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2018-08-16 (0 days ago) ** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade third-party-packages xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1787486 Title: Failure upgrading to 18.04 from 16.04. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1787486/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs