<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style></style></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1>I have tried the command “<tt>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.”<o:p></o:p></tt><o:p> </o:p>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”. <o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>On the command line, this is what I got when I tried to remove the “blocked” packages:<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Script started on Wed 16 Jan 2019 07:00:48 AM EST<o:p></o:p>paul@rivendell: ~paul rivendell~ $ sudo do-release-upgrade <o:p></o:p>[sudo] password for paul: <o:p></o:p>Checking for a new Ubuntu release<o:p></o:p>Please install all available updates for your release before upgrading.<o:p></o:p>paul@rivendell: ~paul rivendell~ $ apt-get remove python-laditools-1.1..<o:p></o:p>E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend - open (13: Permission denied)<o:p></o:p>E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/var/lib/dpkg/lock-frontend), are you root?<o:p></o:p>paul@rivendell: ~paul rivendell~ $ apt-get remove python-laditools-1.1.0-2<o:p></o:p>Reading package lists... 0%<o:p></o:p>Reading package lists... 100%<o:p></o:p>Reading package lists... Done<o:p></o:p>Building dependency tree... 0%<o:p></o:p>Building dependency tree... 0%<o:p></o:p>Building dependency tree... 50%<o:p></o:p>Building dependency tree... 50%<o:p></o:p>Building dependency tree <o:p></o:p>Reading state information... 0%<o:p></o:p>Reading state information... 0%<o:p></o:p>Reading state information... Done<o:p></o:p>E: Unable to locate package python-laditools-1.1.0-2<o:p></o:p>E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'python-laditools-1.1.0-2'<o:p></o:p>E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'python-laditools-1.1.0-2'<o:p></o:p>paul@rivendell: ~paul rivendell~ $ apt remove python-oauthlib-1.0.3-1<o:p></o:p>Reading package lists... 0%<o:p></o:p>Reading package lists... 100%<o:p></o:p>Reading package lists... Done<o:p></o:p>Building dependency tree... 0%<o:p></o:p>Building dependency tree... 0%<o:p></o:p>Building dependency tree... 50%<o:p></o:p>Building dependency tree... 50%<o:p></o:p>Building dependency tree <o:p></o:p>Reading state information... 0%<o:p></o:p>Reading state information... 0%<o:p></o:p>Reading state information... Done<o:p></o:p>E: Unable to locate package python-oauthlib-1.0.3-1<o:p></o:p>E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'python-oauthlib-1.0.3-1<o:p></o:p>E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'python-oauthlib-1.0.3-1<o:p></o:p>paul@rivendell: ~paul rivendell~ $ sudo apt remove python-openssl-0.15.1-2ubuntu0.2<o:p></o:p>Reading package lists... 0%<o:p></o:p>Reading package lists... 100%<o:p></o:p>Reading package lists... Done<o:p></o:p>Building dependency tree... 0%<o:p></o:p>Building dependency tree... 0%<o:p></o:p>Building dependency tree... 50%<o:p></o:p>Building dependency tree... 50%<o:p></o:p>Building dependency tree <o:p></o:p>Reading state information... 0%<o:p></o:p>Reading state information... 0%<o:p></o:p>Reading state information... Done<o:p></o:p>E: Unable to locate package python-openssl-0.15.1-2ubuntu0.2<o:p></o:p>E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'python-openssl-0.15.1-2ubuntu0.2<o:p></o:p>E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'python-openssl-0.15.1-2ubuntu0.2<o:p></o:p>paul@rivendell: ~paul rivendell~ $ exit<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Script done on Wed 16 Jan 2019 07:06:30 AM EST<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>This is all I have. Let me know if this helps.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p>Paul<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'>From: ubuntu-studio-users <ubuntu-studio-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com> On Behalf Of Ross Gammon Sent: Monday, January 14, 2019 2:41 PM To: ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] Offer to upgrade failed<o:p></o:p></div></div><o:p> </o:p>Hi Paul,<o:p></o:p>There are some instructions for upgrading from 16.04 & 17.10 to 18.04 here (which seems to be what you have done):<o:p></o:p><a 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><o:p></o:p>As you have hit errors, it might be better to follow the Ubuntu Server update instructions and do a "<tt>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><o:p></o:p><tt>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><o:p></o:p><tt>Regards,</tt><o:p></o:p><tt>Ross</tt><o:p></o:p><div>On 14/01/2019 11:58, <a href="mailto:sciguy@vex.net">sciguy@vex.net</a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Hi,<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p>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> <o:p></o:p>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> <o:p></o:p>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> <o:p></o:p>Paul King<o:p></o:p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> <o:p></o:p></blockquote></div></body></html>