Another problem upgrading to 19.10

[Liam Proven]

On Wed, 23 Oct 2019 at 09:36, Thomas Tanghus <thomas at tanghus.net> wrote:
>
> Now I'm stuck with a semi-working system and the mess below. I'm afraid to
> break stuff more than it already is, so does anybody have an idea how to
> proceed from here?

DISCLAIMER: my 19.04→19.10 upgrade failed badly too, and I had to
reboot. However it sounds like it got further than yours did. I was
trying the GNOME version, experimentally as I can't stand GNOME 3.

Anyway. Virtualbox isn't essential to a running OS. If I were you, I'd
remove (force-remove if necessary) Virtualbox -- this should leave
config etc and VMs intact -- try to fix the remainder, and then
reinstall Vbox afterwards.

If it's the sticking point, then get rid of it. Then your dpkg etc.
will probably finish fine.

If so, I'd:
* reboot
* do ``apt install -f''
* reboot
* do `` apt update ; apt full-upgrade -y"
* reboot

Then put Vbox back, then do an ``apt purge'' and ``apt clean''.

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