Paul,
OK it looks like because of some dependencies that haven’t been met there
are some programs that need to be there in order to continue.
Try these;
sudo apt —fix-broken install
sudo apt install —fix-broken
apt install -f
Respectfully,
Joshua T. Sieber
> On Jan 17, 2019, at 12:30 AM, <sci...@vex.net> <sci...@vex.net> wrote:
>
> I have tried this, and I keep getting reminded about the blocked updates, and
> the refusal to upgrade to the latest version.
>
> Here is my latest effort:
>
> Script started on Wed 16 Jan 2019 08:36:02 PM EST
> paul@rivendell $ sudo apt update
> [sudo] password for paul:
> paul@rivendell $ sudo apt update -y
> [sudo] password for paul:
> [Working] Hit:1 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial
> InRelease
> [Waiting for headers] [Connecting to ppa.launchpad.net (91.189.95.83) [1
> InRelease gpgv 11.5 kB] [Waiting for headers] [Connecting to ppa.launchpa
> 0% [Waiting for headers] [Waiting for
> headers] Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
> 0% [Waiting for headers] 0% [2 InRelease gpgv 247 kB] [Waiting for headers]
> [Waiting for headers] Hit:3
> http://ppa.launchpad.net/danielrichter2007/grub-customizer/ubuntu xenial
> InRelease 0% [2 InRelease gpgv 247 kB] [Waiting for headers] 0% [Waiting for
> headers] [Connecting to ppa.launchpad.net (91.189.95.83)] 0% [3 InRelease
> gpgv 17.6 kB] [Waiting for headers] [Connecting to ppa.launchpa Hit:4
> http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
> 0% [3 InRelease gpgv 17.6 kB] [Connecting to ppa.launchpad.net
> (91.189.95.83)] 0% [Waiting for headers] [Connecting to ppa.launchpad.net
> (91.189.95.83)] 0% [4 InRelease gpgv 109 kB] [Waiting for headers]
> [Connecting to ppa.launchpad 0% [Waiting for headers] [Waiting for headers]
> Hit:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease 0% [Waiting
> for headers] 0% [5 InRelease gpgv 107 kB] [Waiting for headers] [Waiting for
> headers]
> Hit:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/danielrichter2007/grub-customizer/ubuntu
> trusty InRelease
> 0% [5 InRelease gpgv 107 kB] [Waiting for headers]
> 0% [Waiting for headers] 0% [6 InRelease gpgv 15.5 kB]
> [Waiting for headers] 0%
> [Waiting for headers] Hit:7
> http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease 0% [Working] 0%
> [7 InRelease gpgv 107 kB] 20% [Working] Reading package lists... 0% Reading
> package lists... 0% Reading package lists... 1% Reading package lists... 3%
> Reading package lists... 3% Reading package lists... 7% Reading package
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> package lists... 97%Reading package lists... 97%Reading package lists...
> 97%Reading package lists... 97%Reading package lists... 97%Reading package
> lists... 97%Reading package lists... 97%Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... 0%Building dependency tree... 0%Building
> dependency tree... 1%Building dependency tree... 50%Building dependency
> tree... 50%Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... 0%Reading state information... 0%Reading state
> information... Done
> 3 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
> paul@rivendell $ apt list --upgradable
> Listing... 0%Listing... 0%Listing... 1%Listing... Done
> python-laditools/xenial,xenial 1.1.0-2 all [upgradable from: 1.0.1-2]
> python-oauthlib/xenial,xenial 1.0.3-1 all [upgradable from: 0.6.1-1]
> python-openssl/xenial-updates,xenial-updates,xenial-security,xenial-security
> 0.15.1-2ubuntu0.2 amd64 [upgradable from: 0.13-2ubuntu6]
> paul@rivendell $ sudo apt upgrade -y
> Reading package lists... 0%Reading package lists... 100%Reading package
> lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... 0%Building dependency tree... 0%Building
> dependency tree... 50%Building dependency tree... 50%Building dependency tree
>
> Reading state information... 0%Reading state information... 0%Reading state
> information... Done
> Calculating upgrade... 0%Calculating upgrade... 10%Calculating upgrade... Done
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
> The following information may help resolve the situation:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> python-enum : Conflicts: python-enum34 but 1.1.2-1 is to be installed
> E: Broken packages
> paul@rivendell $ sudo dist-upgrade -y
> sudo: dist-upgrade: command not found
> paul@rivendell $ sudo dist-upgrade -y
> Reading package lists... 0%Reading package lists... 100%Reading package
> lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... 0%Building dependency tree... 0%Building
> dependency tree... 50%Building dependency tree... 50%Building dependency tree
>
> Reading state information... 0%Reading state information... 0%Reading state
> information... Done
> Calculating upgrade... 0%Calculating upgrade... 10%Calculating upgrade... Done
> The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
> required:
> python-blinker python-cffi-backend python-ipaddress python-jwt
> Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
> The following packages have been kept back:
> python-laditools python-oauthlib python-openssl
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
> paul@rivendell $ sudo do-release-upgrade
> Checking for a new Ubuntu release
> Please install all available updates for your release before upgrading.
> paul@rivendell $ exit
>
> Script done on Wed 16 Jan 2019 08:38:20 PM EST
>
> From: ubuntu-studio-users <ubuntu-studio-users-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com> On
> Behalf Of webmas...@jtbadn.com
> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 9:11 AM
> To: Ubuntu Studio Users <ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] Offer to upgrade failed
>
> Heya Paul,
>
> It sounds like there were some upgrades that hadn’t been processed yet.
>
> sudo apt update
> sudo apt upgrade -y
> sudo dist-upgrade -y
>
> At the run those command you should be able to do the
>
> sudo do-release-upgrade
>
> Best of luck to you!
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Joshua T. Sieber
>
>
> On Jan 16, 2019, at 7:43 AM, <sci...@vex.net> <sci...@vex.net> wrote:
>
> I have tried the command “sudo do-release-upgrade", and it wanted me to do an
> upgrade first. I did one through the software updater. After an initial
> upgrade, it reported “all packages are up to date.”
>
> Do-release-upgrade still wanted me to update my packages first. With the
> package updater, I got the names of three packages that were “blocked from
> update”.
>
> On the
> command line, this is what I got when I tried to remove the “blocked”
> packages:
>
> Script started on Wed 16 Jan 2019 07:00:48 AM EST
> paul@rivendell: ~paul rivendell~ $ sudo do-release-upgrade
> [sudo] password for paul:
> Checking for a new Ubuntu release
> Please install all available updates for your release before upgrading.
> paul@rivendell: ~paul rivendell~ $ apt-get remove python-laditools-1.1..
> E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (13:
> Permission denied)
> E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend),
> are you root?
> paul@rivendell: ~paul rivendell~ $ apt-get remove python-laditools-1.1.0-2
> Reading package lists... 0%
> Reading package lists... 100%
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... 0%
> Building dependency tree... 0%
> Building dependency tree... 50%
> Building dependency tree... 50%
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... 0%
> Reading state information... 0%
> Reading state information... Done
> E: Unable to locate package python-laditools-1.1.0-2
> E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'python-laditools-1.1.0-2'
> E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'python-laditools-1.1.0-2'
> paul@rivendell: ~paul rivendell~ $ apt remove python-oauthlib-1.0.3-1
> Reading package lists... 0%
> Reading package lists... 100%
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... 0%
> Building dependency tree... 0%
> Building dependency tree... 50%
> Building dependency tree... 50%
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... 0%
> Reading state information... 0%
> Reading state information... Done
> E: Unable to locate package python-oauthlib-1.0.3-1
> E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'python-oauthlib-1.0.3-1
> E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'python-oauthlib-1.0.3-1
> paul@rivendell: ~paul rivendell~ $ sudo apt remove
> python-openssl-0.15.1-2ubuntu0.2
> Reading package lists... 0%
> Reading package lists... 100%
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... 0%
> Building dependency tree... 0%
> Building dependency tree... 50%
> Building dependency tree... 50%
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... 0%
> Reading state information... 0%
> Reading state information... Done
> E: Unable to locate package python-openssl-0.15.1-2ubuntu0.2
> E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'python-openssl-0.15.1-2ubuntu0.2
> E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'python-openssl-0.15.1-2ubuntu0.2
> paul@rivendell: ~paul rivendell~ $ exit
>
> Script done on Wed 16 Jan 2019 07:06:30 AM EST
>
> This is all I have. Let me know if this helps.
>
> Paul
>
> From: ubuntu-studio-users <ubuntu-studio-users-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com> On
> Behalf Of Ross Gammon
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2019 2:41 PM
> To: ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] Offer to upgrade failed
>
> Hi Paul,
>
> There are some instructions for upgrading from 16.04 & 17.10 to 18.04 here
> (which seems to be what you have done):
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes#Upgrading_from_Ubuntu_16.04_LTS_or_17.10
>
> As you have hit errors, it might be better to follow the Ubuntu Server update
> instructions and do a "sudo do-release-upgrade" on the command line. Then it
> might be easier to copy and paste any error messages on an email to the list.
>
> There are places you can retrieve the apt logs, but you probably won't need
> to if the error is obvious to us here.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ross
>
> On 14/01/2019 11:58, sci...@vex.net wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am using Ubuntu Studio 16.04.xx, and I noticed that I was offered, through
> the “software updater”, an opportunity to upgrade to the next LTS version. I
> cliked the button that said “Update …”, and all the window does is disappear,
> with no further response. I have tried this several times.
>
> I have had what I call minor problems with the software updater in the past,
> where it would say that update has failed for some unknown reason, I
> dutifully click “send report”, but in fact, the system was updated, but for a
> few Python packages which look old, and “blocked” from update.
>
> It appears as if the “minor” problems may be causing update to fail. I cannot
> find any system log that tells me what crashed, although I managed to read
> one of my reports that Software Updater would send, and I remember seeing a
> message that apt had crashed (I recall it was apt and not aptd). I did not
> see information there that gave a reason.
>
> Paul King
>
>
>
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