Recovering from a failed upgrade (14.04 -> 16.04, but probably applies to all versions)











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I'm in the process of upgrading my Ubuntu system from 14.04LTS to 16.04LTS. (This is a server system, and is accessible through the command line only)



Anyway, I attempted to do the upgrade:



sudo do-release-upgrade 


...



and it failed:




Please report this as a bug and include the files
/var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log and /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log in
your report. The upgrade has aborted.
Your original sources.list was saved in
/etc/apt/sources.list.distUpgrade.



SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)






I rebooted my system, and I still have access to it. However, my system is only partially upgraded. I'm trying to figure out how to "complete" the upgrade:



It thinks I'm on 16.04:



lsb_release -a
LSB Version: core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0 noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarchh
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS
Release: 16.04
Codename: xenial


Trying to manually do the update fails:



sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Hit:1 http://mirrors.linode.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:2 http://mirrors.linode.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [107 kB]
Fetched 107 kB in 10s (10.1 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
parted
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.


A dist-upgrade gives me the same result:



sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
parted
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.


When I manually attempt to upgrade "parted", I get the following errors:



sudo apt-get --with-new-pkgs upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
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 to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libparted1.6-0 : Conflicts: libparted2 but 3.2-15ubuntu0.1 is to be installed
Recommends: libreiserfs0.3-0 but it is not installable
libparted1.6-12 : Conflicts: libparted2 but 3.2-15ubuntu0.1 is to be installed
libparted1.6-13 : Conflicts: libparted2 but 3.2-15ubuntu0.1 is to be installed
E: Broken packages


I (stupidly) thought that I should upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04, but when I run the command now, the system recognizes that the packages aren't all upgraded:



sudo do-release-upgrade
Checking for a new Ubuntu release
Please install all available updates for your release before upgrading.


So, how do I get the install to continue to complete? I have tried various commands without any success:



sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update --fix-missing
sudo apt-get install --fix-broken









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    I'm in the process of upgrading my Ubuntu system from 14.04LTS to 16.04LTS. (This is a server system, and is accessible through the command line only)



    Anyway, I attempted to do the upgrade:



    sudo do-release-upgrade 


    ...



    and it failed:




    Please report this as a bug and include the files
    /var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log and /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log in
    your report. The upgrade has aborted.
    Your original sources.list was saved in
    /etc/apt/sources.list.distUpgrade.



    SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)






    I rebooted my system, and I still have access to it. However, my system is only partially upgraded. I'm trying to figure out how to "complete" the upgrade:



    It thinks I'm on 16.04:



    lsb_release -a
    LSB Version: core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0 noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarchh
    Distributor ID: Ubuntu
    Description: Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS
    Release: 16.04
    Codename: xenial


    Trying to manually do the update fails:



    sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
    Hit:1 http://mirrors.linode.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
    Hit:2 http://mirrors.linode.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
    Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [107 kB]
    Fetched 107 kB in 10s (10.1 kB/s)
    Reading package lists... Done
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    Calculating upgrade... Done
    The following packages have been kept back:
    parted
    0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.


    A dist-upgrade gives me the same result:



    sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    Calculating upgrade... Done
    The following packages have been kept back:
    parted
    0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.


    When I manually attempt to upgrade "parted", I get the following errors:



    sudo apt-get --with-new-pkgs upgrade
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    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 to resolve the situation:

    The following packages have unmet dependencies:
    libparted1.6-0 : Conflicts: libparted2 but 3.2-15ubuntu0.1 is to be installed
    Recommends: libreiserfs0.3-0 but it is not installable
    libparted1.6-12 : Conflicts: libparted2 but 3.2-15ubuntu0.1 is to be installed
    libparted1.6-13 : Conflicts: libparted2 but 3.2-15ubuntu0.1 is to be installed
    E: Broken packages


    I (stupidly) thought that I should upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04, but when I run the command now, the system recognizes that the packages aren't all upgraded:



    sudo do-release-upgrade
    Checking for a new Ubuntu release
    Please install all available updates for your release before upgrading.


    So, how do I get the install to continue to complete? I have tried various commands without any success:



    sudo dpkg --configure -a
    sudo apt-get clean
    sudo apt-get update --fix-missing
    sudo apt-get install --fix-broken









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      I'm in the process of upgrading my Ubuntu system from 14.04LTS to 16.04LTS. (This is a server system, and is accessible through the command line only)



      Anyway, I attempted to do the upgrade:



      sudo do-release-upgrade 


      ...



      and it failed:




      Please report this as a bug and include the files
      /var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log and /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log in
      your report. The upgrade has aborted.
      Your original sources.list was saved in
      /etc/apt/sources.list.distUpgrade.



      SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)






      I rebooted my system, and I still have access to it. However, my system is only partially upgraded. I'm trying to figure out how to "complete" the upgrade:



      It thinks I'm on 16.04:



      lsb_release -a
      LSB Version: core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0 noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarchh
      Distributor ID: Ubuntu
      Description: Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS
      Release: 16.04
      Codename: xenial


      Trying to manually do the update fails:



      sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
      Hit:1 http://mirrors.linode.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
      Hit:2 http://mirrors.linode.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
      Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [107 kB]
      Fetched 107 kB in 10s (10.1 kB/s)
      Reading package lists... Done
      Reading package lists... Done
      Building dependency tree
      Reading state information... Done
      Calculating upgrade... Done
      The following packages have been kept back:
      parted
      0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.


      A dist-upgrade gives me the same result:



      sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
      Reading package lists... Done
      Building dependency tree
      Reading state information... Done
      Calculating upgrade... Done
      The following packages have been kept back:
      parted
      0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.


      When I manually attempt to upgrade "parted", I get the following errors:



      sudo apt-get --with-new-pkgs upgrade
      Reading package lists... Done
      Building dependency tree
      Reading state information... Done
      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 to resolve the situation:

      The following packages have unmet dependencies:
      libparted1.6-0 : Conflicts: libparted2 but 3.2-15ubuntu0.1 is to be installed
      Recommends: libreiserfs0.3-0 but it is not installable
      libparted1.6-12 : Conflicts: libparted2 but 3.2-15ubuntu0.1 is to be installed
      libparted1.6-13 : Conflicts: libparted2 but 3.2-15ubuntu0.1 is to be installed
      E: Broken packages


      I (stupidly) thought that I should upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04, but when I run the command now, the system recognizes that the packages aren't all upgraded:



      sudo do-release-upgrade
      Checking for a new Ubuntu release
      Please install all available updates for your release before upgrading.


      So, how do I get the install to continue to complete? I have tried various commands without any success:



      sudo dpkg --configure -a
      sudo apt-get clean
      sudo apt-get update --fix-missing
      sudo apt-get install --fix-broken









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      I'm in the process of upgrading my Ubuntu system from 14.04LTS to 16.04LTS. (This is a server system, and is accessible through the command line only)



      Anyway, I attempted to do the upgrade:



      sudo do-release-upgrade 


      ...



      and it failed:




      Please report this as a bug and include the files
      /var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log and /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log in
      your report. The upgrade has aborted.
      Your original sources.list was saved in
      /etc/apt/sources.list.distUpgrade.



      SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)






      I rebooted my system, and I still have access to it. However, my system is only partially upgraded. I'm trying to figure out how to "complete" the upgrade:



      It thinks I'm on 16.04:



      lsb_release -a
      LSB Version: core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0 noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarchh
      Distributor ID: Ubuntu
      Description: Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS
      Release: 16.04
      Codename: xenial


      Trying to manually do the update fails:



      sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
      Hit:1 http://mirrors.linode.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
      Hit:2 http://mirrors.linode.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
      Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [107 kB]
      Fetched 107 kB in 10s (10.1 kB/s)
      Reading package lists... Done
      Reading package lists... Done
      Building dependency tree
      Reading state information... Done
      Calculating upgrade... Done
      The following packages have been kept back:
      parted
      0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.


      A dist-upgrade gives me the same result:



      sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
      Reading package lists... Done
      Building dependency tree
      Reading state information... Done
      Calculating upgrade... Done
      The following packages have been kept back:
      parted
      0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.


      When I manually attempt to upgrade "parted", I get the following errors:



      sudo apt-get --with-new-pkgs upgrade
      Reading package lists... Done
      Building dependency tree
      Reading state information... Done
      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 to resolve the situation:

      The following packages have unmet dependencies:
      libparted1.6-0 : Conflicts: libparted2 but 3.2-15ubuntu0.1 is to be installed
      Recommends: libreiserfs0.3-0 but it is not installable
      libparted1.6-12 : Conflicts: libparted2 but 3.2-15ubuntu0.1 is to be installed
      libparted1.6-13 : Conflicts: libparted2 but 3.2-15ubuntu0.1 is to be installed
      E: Broken packages


      I (stupidly) thought that I should upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04, but when I run the command now, the system recognizes that the packages aren't all upgraded:



      sudo do-release-upgrade
      Checking for a new Ubuntu release
      Please install all available updates for your release before upgrading.


      So, how do I get the install to continue to complete? I have tried various commands without any success:



      sudo dpkg --configure -a
      sudo apt-get clean
      sudo apt-get update --fix-missing
      sudo apt-get install --fix-broken






      apt package-management upgrade updates dpkg






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          I'm not totally sure exactly what I did, but it seems that this command got me rolling again:



          sudo apt-get --reinstall dselect-upgrade





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                sudo apt-get --reinstall dselect-upgrade






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