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<p>Hi Paul,</p>
<p>There are some instructions for upgrading from 16.04 & 17.10
to 18.04 here (which seems to be what you have done):</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes#Upgrading_from_Ubuntu_16.04_LTS_or_17.10">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes#Upgrading_from_Ubuntu_16.04_LTS_or_17.10</a></p>
<p>As you have hit errors, it might be better to follow the Ubuntu
Server update instructions and do a "<tt class="backtick">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.</tt></p>
<p><tt class="backtick">There are places you can retrieve the apt
logs, but you probably won't need to if the error is obvious to
us here.</tt></p>
<p><tt class="backtick">Regards,</tt></p>
<p><tt class="backtick">Ross<br>
</tt></p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 14/01/2019 11:58, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sciguy@vex.net">sciguy@vex.net</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Paul King<o:p></o:p></p>
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