problems upgrading from 14.04 to 16.04

[J.L. Blom]

On 30/09/16 16:08, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Sep 2016 15:36:00 +0200, J.L. Blom wrote:
>> Tom, your last suggestion "dpkg -P --force-all gcc-5-base" did the
>> trick. Not in the first try but then it was suggested to try "dpkg -f "
>> and that suddenly removed many - apparently old - packages and
>> installed new ones.
> Is 'dpkg -f' a typo? Should it read 'apt -f install' or
> 'apt-get -f install'?
>
> Regards,
> Ralf
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Sorry, Ralf & Tom, actually did apt-get -f it was my memory that tricked me.
I haven't reboot - had to go elsewhere - but will do in the morning.
Joep