R: [Bug 1682755] Re: Not able to upgdade to 17.04. All the preceeding upgrades were successful. I didn't install any new software package between the 16.10 upgrade and now.

[Carlo Sanguineti]

Hi Brian,

In effect vlc doesn't work since about two years.
As you can understand, I am not an expert in Linux and Ubuntu. as far as I can 
use the graphic interface, I can do something. But I do not use a prompt 
command since DOS or VAX/VMS... Long time ago. On Linux I just typed some 
simple commands when I fully understood them.

So, since vlc is not anyway working and the 17.04 update neither, I could try 
to:
- Uninstall vlc (or remove the packages you told me.
- Verify the PPA that vlc is using, removing it from the list and changing 
with the correct one.
- Try again to upgrade to 16.10 to 17.04.
- Try to reinstall a correct vlc release.

The problem is that i don't know how to do it.

can you write me down the commands so I can copy and paste it?

Thank you in advance

Carlo

>----Messaggio originale----
>Da: "Brian Murray" <brian at ubuntu.com>
>Data: 14/04/2017 18.47
>A: <carlo.sanguineti at libero.it>
>Ogg: [Bug 1682755] Re: Not able to upgdade to 17.04. All the preceeding 
upgrades were successful. I didn't install any new software package between 
the 16.10 upgrade and now.
>
>You seem to have some vlc packages install from a PPA which is causing
>the upgrade to fail to be calculated.
>
>libvlc5 3.0.0~~git20150319+r59816+33~ubuntu14.04.1 1
>libvlccore8 3.0.0~~git20150319+r59816+33~ubuntu14.04.1 1
>vlc-data 3.0.0~~git20150319+r59816+33~ubuntu14.04.1 1
>
>Please try manually removing those packages via 'sudo apt-get remove'
>and then attempt the upgrade again.
>
>** Changed in: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
>       Status: New => Incomplete
>
>** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 1682682
>   Upgrade from 16.10 to 17.04 failed
>
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>Title:
>  Not able to upgdade to 17.04. All the preceeding upgrades were
>  successful. I didn't install any new software package between the
>  16.10 upgrade and now.
>
>Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
>  Incomplete
>
>Bug description:
>  During the upgrade, this pop-up appeared during the "setting new
>  software channels" step:
>
>  Could not calculate the upgrade
>
>  An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.
>
>   This can be caused by:
>   * Upgrading to a pre-release version of Ubuntu
>   * Running the current pre-release version of Ubuntu
>   * Unofficial software packages not provided by Ubuntu
>
>  If none of this applies, then please report this bug using the command
>  'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal.
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
>  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.10.10
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-46.49-generic 4.8.17
>  Uname: Linux 4.8.0-46-generic x86_64
>  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia
>  ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2
>  Architecture: amd64
>  CrashDB: ubuntu
>  CurrentDesktop: Unity
>  Date: Fri Apr 14 10:23:10 2017
>  PackageArchitecture: all
>  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
>  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2017-04-14 (0 days ago)
>  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:
>
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Title:
  Not able to upgdade to 17.04. All the preceeding upgrades were
  successful. I didn't install any new software package between the
  16.10 upgrade and now.

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  During the upgrade, this pop-up appeared during the "setting new
  software channels" step:

  Could not calculate the upgrade

  An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.

   This can be caused by:
   * Upgrading to a pre-release version of Ubuntu
   * Running the current pre-release version of Ubuntu
   * Unofficial software packages not provided by Ubuntu

  If none of this applies, then please report this bug using the command
  'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.10.10
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-46.49-generic 4.8.17
  Uname: Linux 4.8.0-46-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Fri Apr 14 10:23:10 2017
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2017-04-14 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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