Also, 

sudo apt dist-upgrade 
(sudo dist-upgrade may have been a typo on my part)

Regularly I use

apt update
apt upgrade
apt dist-upgrade
apt full-upgrade
apt autoremove
apt autoclean
do-release-upgrade 
   -p for proposed
   -d for development 

Respectfully, 

Joshua T. Sieber


> On Jan 18, 2019, at 1:06 PM, "webmas...@jtbadn.com" <webmas...@jtbadn.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> I actually think one of them is supposed to be
> 
> sudo apt install —fix-missing
> 
> Happy to hear sudo apt —fix-broken install cleared you up.
> 
> Respectfully, 
> 
> Joshua T. Sieber
> 
> 
>> On Jan 18, 2019, at 7:28 AM, <sci...@vex.net> <sci...@vex.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Many thanks for your sugggestions. See pastebin: 
>> https://pastebin.com/u8nDyUSP
>>  
>> sudo apt —fix-broken install
>>                 This command didn’t work.
>> sudo apt install —fix-broken
>>                 This command did, and suggested to remove packages that I 
>> later tried to remove using apt. This succeeded, and:
>> apt install -f
>>                 didn’t do much.
>>  
>> The weird package problems I have been having have not been fixed, and the 
>> the suggested packages with apt install –fix-broken were not the same ones 
>> that were “blocked from update.”
>>  
>> Paul
>>  
>>  
>> From: ubuntu-studio-users <ubuntu-studio-users-boun...@lists.ubuntu.com> On 
>> Behalf Of webmas...@jtbadn.com
>> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2019 2:24 AM
>> To: Ubuntu Studio Users <ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] Offer to upgrade failed
>>  
>> 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 
>> lists... 7% Reading package lists... 8% Reading package lists... 8%Reading 
>> package lists... 10%Reading package lists... 10%Reading package lists... 
>> 10%Reading package lists... 10%Reading package lists... 10%Reading package 
>> lists... 10%Reading package lists... 10%Reading package lists... 10%Reading 
>> package lists... 31%Reading package lists... 31%Reading package lists... 
>> 52%Reading package lists... 52%Reading package lists... 60%Reading package 
>> lists... 60%Reading package lists... 61%Reading package lists... 72%Reading 
>> package lists... 72%Reading package lists... 72%Reading package lists... 
>> 72%Reading package lists... 73%Reading package lists... 73%Reading package 
>> lists... 73%Reading package lists... 73%Reading package lists... 76%Reading 
>> package lists... 76%Reading package lists... 79%Reading package lists... 
>> 79%Reading package lists... 81%Reading package lists... 81%Reading package 
>> lists... 81%Reading package lists... 81%Reading package lists... 81%Reading 
>> package lists... 81%Reading package lists... 81%Reading package lists... 
>> 81%Reading package lists... 84%Reading package lists... 84%Reading package 
>> lists... 86%Reading package lists... 86%Reading package lists... 87%Reading 
>> package lists... 87%Reading package lists... 87%Reading package lists... 
>> 87%Reading package lists... 87%Reading package lists... 87%Reading package 
>> lists... 87%Reading package lists... 87%Reading package lists... 87%Reading 
>> package lists... 87%Reading package lists... 87%Reading package lists... 
>> 87%Reading package lists... 87%Reading package lists... 87%Reading package 
>> lists... 87%Reading package lists... 87%Reading package lists... 87%Reading 
>> package lists... 87%Reading package lists... 87%Reading package lists... 
>> 87%Reading package lists... 89%Reading package lists... 89%Reading package 
>> lists... 91%Reading package lists... 91%Reading package lists... 93%Reading 
>> package lists... 93%Reading package lists... 93%Reading package lists... 
>> 93%Reading package lists... 93%Reading package lists... 93%Reading package 
>> lists... 93%Reading package lists... 93%Reading package lists... 95%Reading 
>> package lists... 95%Reading package lists... 96%Reading package lists... 
>> 96%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... 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... 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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