apt-get upgrade reports error in Ubuntu MATE 16.04
I am using Ubuntu MATE 16.04. I think I had some broken packages which caused apt-get upgrade to return the following error:
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 386704 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing nvidia-prime (0.8.2) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-prime.postrm: 79: /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-prime.postrm: lsb_release: not found
dpkg: error processing package nvidia-prime (--remove):
subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
nvidia-prime
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Any help would be appreciated.
apt package-management upgrade mate lsb-release
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I am using Ubuntu MATE 16.04. I think I had some broken packages which caused apt-get upgrade to return the following error:
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 386704 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing nvidia-prime (0.8.2) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-prime.postrm: 79: /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-prime.postrm: lsb_release: not found
dpkg: error processing package nvidia-prime (--remove):
subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
nvidia-prime
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Any help would be appreciated.
apt package-management upgrade mate lsb-release
asked Dec 20 at 8:28
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Doesapt-cache policy lsb-releasereport that lsb-release package is intstalled?
– karel
Dec 20 at 8:42
lsb-release: Installed: (none) Candidate: (none) Version table: 9.20160110ubuntu0.2 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
– abbasi_ahsan
Dec 20 at 8:43
You need to enable the standard software sources for your Ubuntu version in/etc/apt/sources.listto install lsb-release, What version of Ubuntu are you using?
– karel
Dec 20 at 8:47
unfortunately the "software sources" is missing. I am on ubuntu 16.04 : 4.4.0-140-generic. How can i enable lsb-release from the terminal ?
– abbasi_ahsan
Dec 20 at 8:50
i had opened the /etc/apt/sources.list, but its empty !
– abbasi_ahsan
Dec 20 at 8:51
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I am using Ubuntu MATE 16.04. I think I had some broken packages which caused apt-get upgrade to return the following error:
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 386704 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing nvidia-prime (0.8.2) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-prime.postrm: 79: /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-prime.postrm: lsb_release: not found
dpkg: error processing package nvidia-prime (--remove):
subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
nvidia-prime
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Any help would be appreciated.
apt package-management upgrade mate lsb-release
asked Dec 20 at 8:28
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I am using Ubuntu MATE 16.04. I think I had some broken packages which caused apt-get upgrade to return the following error:
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 386704 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing nvidia-prime (0.8.2) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-prime.postrm: 79: /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-prime.postrm: lsb_release: not found
dpkg: error processing package nvidia-prime (--remove):
subprocess installed post-removal script returned error exit status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
nvidia-prime
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Any help would be appreciated.
apt package-management upgrade mate lsb-release
apt package-management upgrade mate lsb-release
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Doesapt-cache policy lsb-releasereport that lsb-release package is intstalled?
– karel
Dec 20 at 8:42
lsb-release: Installed: (none) Candidate: (none) Version table: 9.20160110ubuntu0.2 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
– abbasi_ahsan
Dec 20 at 8:43
You need to enable the standard software sources for your Ubuntu version in/etc/apt/sources.listto install lsb-release, What version of Ubuntu are you using?
– karel
Dec 20 at 8:47
unfortunately the "software sources" is missing. I am on ubuntu 16.04 : 4.4.0-140-generic. How can i enable lsb-release from the terminal ?
– abbasi_ahsan
Dec 20 at 8:50
i had opened the /etc/apt/sources.list, but its empty !
– abbasi_ahsan
Dec 20 at 8:51
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Doesapt-cache policy lsb-releasereport that lsb-release package is intstalled?
– karel
Dec 20 at 8:42
lsb-release: Installed: (none) Candidate: (none) Version table: 9.20160110ubuntu0.2 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
– abbasi_ahsan
Dec 20 at 8:43
You need to enable the standard software sources for your Ubuntu version in/etc/apt/sources.listto install lsb-release, What version of Ubuntu are you using?
– karel
Dec 20 at 8:47
unfortunately the "software sources" is missing. I am on ubuntu 16.04 : 4.4.0-140-generic. How can i enable lsb-release from the terminal ?
– abbasi_ahsan
Dec 20 at 8:50
i had opened the /etc/apt/sources.list, but its empty !
– abbasi_ahsan
Dec 20 at 8:51
Does
apt-cache policy lsb-release report that lsb-release package is intstalled?– karel
Dec 20 at 8:42
Does
apt-cache policy lsb-release report that lsb-release package is intstalled?– karel
Dec 20 at 8:42
lsb-release: Installed: (none) Candidate: (none) Version table: 9.20160110ubuntu0.2 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
– abbasi_ahsan
Dec 20 at 8:43
lsb-release: Installed: (none) Candidate: (none) Version table: 9.20160110ubuntu0.2 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
– abbasi_ahsan
Dec 20 at 8:43
You need to enable the standard software sources for your Ubuntu version in
/etc/apt/sources.list to install lsb-release, What version of Ubuntu are you using?– karel
Dec 20 at 8:47
You need to enable the standard software sources for your Ubuntu version in
/etc/apt/sources.list to install lsb-release, What version of Ubuntu are you using?– karel
Dec 20 at 8:47
unfortunately the "software sources" is missing. I am on ubuntu 16.04 : 4.4.0-140-generic. How can i enable lsb-release from the terminal ?
– abbasi_ahsan
Dec 20 at 8:50
unfortunately the "software sources" is missing. I am on ubuntu 16.04 : 4.4.0-140-generic. How can i enable lsb-release from the terminal ?
– abbasi_ahsan
Dec 20 at 8:50
i had opened the /etc/apt/sources.list, but its empty !
– abbasi_ahsan
Dec 20 at 8:51
i had opened the /etc/apt/sources.list, but its empty !
– abbasi_ahsan
Dec 20 at 8:51
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lsb-release package is not installed, so you are getting an error message when sudo apt-get upgrade is trying to access it.
Download lsb-release_9.20160110_all.deb from the official Ubuntu website.
Open the terminal, change directories using cd to the directory where you downloaded lsb-release_9.20160110_all.deb and install it with the following command:
sudo apt install ./lsb-release_9.20160110_all.deb
Create a new sources.list file.
sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/
cd /etc/apt/
sudo touch sources.list
Open /etc/apt/sources.list for editing in nano text editor with the following command:
sudo nano etc/apt/sources.list
Add the following lines to sources.list.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial partner
The instructions for using the nano editor are always found at the bottom of every page. Press the keyboard combination Ctrl+O and after that press Enter to save the file being edited. Press the keyboard combination Ctrl+X to exit nano.
Update the list of available software and fix broken packages.
sudo apt update
sudo apt install lsb-release python3.5-minimal
sudo apt install python3 nvidia-prime
sudo reboot
If sudo apt update is successful, try to run sudo apt upgrade again.
sudo apt upgrade
answered Dec 20 at 8:45
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@abbasi_ahsan did you installedlsb-release_9.20160110_all.deb?
– abu-ahmed al-khatiri
Dec 20 at 10:00
Yes i have. lsb-release: Installed: 9.20160110 Candidate: 9.20160110ubuntu0.2
– abbasi_ahsan
Dec 20 at 10:01
1
Thanks for helping me out :)
– abbasi_ahsan
Dec 20 at 10:56
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lsb-release package is not installed, so you are getting an error message when sudo apt-get upgrade is trying to access it.
Download lsb-release_9.20160110_all.deb from the official Ubuntu website.
Open the terminal, change directories using cd to the directory where you downloaded lsb-release_9.20160110_all.deb and install it with the following command:
sudo apt install ./lsb-release_9.20160110_all.deb
Create a new sources.list file.
sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/
cd /etc/apt/
sudo touch sources.list
Open /etc/apt/sources.list for editing in nano text editor with the following command:
sudo nano etc/apt/sources.list
Add the following lines to sources.list.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial partner
The instructions for using the nano editor are always found at the bottom of every page. Press the keyboard combination Ctrl+O and after that press Enter to save the file being edited. Press the keyboard combination Ctrl+X to exit nano.
Update the list of available software and fix broken packages.
sudo apt update
sudo apt install lsb-release python3.5-minimal
sudo apt install python3 nvidia-prime
sudo reboot
If sudo apt update is successful, try to run sudo apt upgrade again.
sudo apt upgrade
answered Dec 20 at 8:45
karel
56.8k11126146
@abbasi_ahsan did you installedlsb-release_9.20160110_all.deb?
– abu-ahmed al-khatiri
Dec 20 at 10:00
Yes i have. lsb-release: Installed: 9.20160110 Candidate: 9.20160110ubuntu0.2
– abbasi_ahsan
Dec 20 at 10:01
1
Thanks for helping me out :)
– abbasi_ahsan
Dec 20 at 10:56
add a comment |
lsb-release package is not installed, so you are getting an error message when sudo apt-get upgrade is trying to access it.
Download lsb-release_9.20160110_all.deb from the official Ubuntu website.
Open the terminal, change directories using cd to the directory where you downloaded lsb-release_9.20160110_all.deb and install it with the following command:
sudo apt install ./lsb-release_9.20160110_all.deb
Create a new sources.list file.
sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/
cd /etc/apt/
sudo touch sources.list
Open /etc/apt/sources.list for editing in nano text editor with the following command:
sudo nano etc/apt/sources.list
Add the following lines to sources.list.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial partner
The instructions for using the nano editor are always found at the bottom of every page. Press the keyboard combination Ctrl+O and after that press Enter to save the file being edited. Press the keyboard combination Ctrl+X to exit nano.
Update the list of available software and fix broken packages.
sudo apt update
sudo apt install lsb-release python3.5-minimal
sudo apt install python3 nvidia-prime
sudo reboot
If sudo apt update is successful, try to run sudo apt upgrade again.
sudo apt upgrade
answered Dec 20 at 8:45
karel
56.8k11126146
@abbasi_ahsan did you installedlsb-release_9.20160110_all.deb?
– abu-ahmed al-khatiri
Dec 20 at 10:00
Yes i have. lsb-release: Installed: 9.20160110 Candidate: 9.20160110ubuntu0.2
– abbasi_ahsan
Dec 20 at 10:01
1
Thanks for helping me out :)
– abbasi_ahsan
Dec 20 at 10:56
add a comment |
lsb-release package is not installed, so you are getting an error message when sudo apt-get upgrade is trying to access it.
Download lsb-release_9.20160110_all.deb from the official Ubuntu website.
Open the terminal, change directories using cd to the directory where you downloaded lsb-release_9.20160110_all.deb and install it with the following command:
sudo apt install ./lsb-release_9.20160110_all.deb
Create a new sources.list file.
sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/
cd /etc/apt/
sudo touch sources.list
Open /etc/apt/sources.list for editing in nano text editor with the following command:
sudo nano etc/apt/sources.list
Add the following lines to sources.list.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial partner
The instructions for using the nano editor are always found at the bottom of every page. Press the keyboard combination Ctrl+O and after that press Enter to save the file being edited. Press the keyboard combination Ctrl+X to exit nano.
Update the list of available software and fix broken packages.
sudo apt update
sudo apt install lsb-release python3.5-minimal
sudo apt install python3 nvidia-prime
sudo reboot
If sudo apt update is successful, try to run sudo apt upgrade again.
sudo apt upgrade
answered Dec 20 at 8:45
karel
56.8k11126146
lsb-release package is not installed, so you are getting an error message when sudo apt-get upgrade is trying to access it.
Download lsb-release_9.20160110_all.deb from the official Ubuntu website.
Open the terminal, change directories using cd to the directory where you downloaded lsb-release_9.20160110_all.deb and install it with the following command:
sudo apt install ./lsb-release_9.20160110_all.deb
Create a new sources.list file.
sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/
cd /etc/apt/
sudo touch sources.list
Open /etc/apt/sources.list for editing in nano text editor with the following command:
sudo nano etc/apt/sources.list
Add the following lines to sources.list.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ xenial-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial partner
The instructions for using the nano editor are always found at the bottom of every page. Press the keyboard combination Ctrl+O and after that press Enter to save the file being edited. Press the keyboard combination Ctrl+X to exit nano.
Update the list of available software and fix broken packages.
sudo apt update
sudo apt install lsb-release python3.5-minimal
sudo apt install python3 nvidia-prime
sudo reboot
If sudo apt update is successful, try to run sudo apt upgrade again.
sudo apt upgrade
answered Dec 20 at 8:45
karel
56.8k11126146
edited Dec 20 at 10:08
answered Dec 20 at 8:45
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@abbasi_ahsan did you installedlsb-release_9.20160110_all.deb?
– abu-ahmed al-khatiri
Dec 20 at 10:00
Yes i have. lsb-release: Installed: 9.20160110 Candidate: 9.20160110ubuntu0.2
– abbasi_ahsan
Dec 20 at 10:01
1
Thanks for helping me out :)
– abbasi_ahsan
Dec 20 at 10:56
add a comment |
@abbasi_ahsan did you installedlsb-release_9.20160110_all.deb?
– abu-ahmed al-khatiri
Dec 20 at 10:00
Yes i have. lsb-release: Installed: 9.20160110 Candidate: 9.20160110ubuntu0.2
– abbasi_ahsan
Dec 20 at 10:01
1
Thanks for helping me out :)
– abbasi_ahsan
Dec 20 at 10:56
@abbasi_ahsan did you installed
lsb-release_9.20160110_all.deb?– abu-ahmed al-khatiri
Dec 20 at 10:00
@abbasi_ahsan did you installed
lsb-release_9.20160110_all.deb?– abu-ahmed al-khatiri
Dec 20 at 10:00
Yes i have. lsb-release: Installed: 9.20160110 Candidate: 9.20160110ubuntu0.2
– abbasi_ahsan
Dec 20 at 10:01
Yes i have. lsb-release: Installed: 9.20160110 Candidate: 9.20160110ubuntu0.2
– abbasi_ahsan
Dec 20 at 10:01
1
1
Thanks for helping me out :)
– abbasi_ahsan
Dec 20 at 10:56
Thanks for helping me out :)
– abbasi_ahsan
Dec 20 at 10:56
add a comment |
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Does
apt-cache policy lsb-releasereport that lsb-release package is intstalled?– karel
Dec 20 at 8:42
lsb-release: Installed: (none) Candidate: (none) Version table: 9.20160110ubuntu0.2 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
– abbasi_ahsan
Dec 20 at 8:43
You need to enable the standard software sources for your Ubuntu version in
/etc/apt/sources.listto install lsb-release, What version of Ubuntu are you using?– karel
Dec 20 at 8:47
unfortunately the "software sources" is missing. I am on ubuntu 16.04 : 4.4.0-140-generic. How can i enable lsb-release from the terminal ?
– abbasi_ahsan
Dec 20 at 8:50
i had opened the /etc/apt/sources.list, but its empty !
– abbasi_ahsan
Dec 20 at 8:51