[ubuntu-studio-users] Offer to upgrade failed

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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, <sciguy at vex.net> <sciguy at 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-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com> On Behalf Of webmaster at jtbadn.com
> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2019 2:24 AM
> To: Ubuntu Studio Users <ubuntu-studio-users at 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, <sciguy at vex.net> <sciguy at 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 at rivendell $ sudo apt update
> [sudo] password for paul:
> paul at 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 at 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 at 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 at rivendell $ sudo dist-upgrade -y
> sudo: dist-upgrade: command not found
> paul at 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 at rivendell $ sudo do-release-upgrade
> Checking for a new Ubuntu release
> Please install all available updates for your release before upgrading.
> paul at rivendell $ exit
>  
> Script done on Wed 16 Jan 2019 08:38:20 PM EST
>  
> From: ubuntu-studio-users <ubuntu-studio-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com> On Behalf Of webmaster at jtbadn.com
> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 9:11 AM
> To: Ubuntu Studio Users <ubuntu-studio-users at 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, <sciguy at vex.net> <sciguy at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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 at 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-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com> On Behalf Of Ross Gammon
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2019 2:41 PM
> To: ubuntu-studio-users at 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, sciguy at 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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