gus20
January 21st, 2020, 11:54 AM
Hello,
I'm new to Linux and was trying to upgrade Ubuntu 12 on a virtual server for a friend. It upgraded to 14 and 16 without major issues, I used "apt-get -f install" at one point and it fixed itself. I followed a lot of tutorials and forum posts God bless those people :)
Issues arised during upgrade from 16 to 18. It gave some error with a very long report, and now shows dependancies error and "apt-get -f install" cannot fix it, it's running in circles giving same error.
It seems when I log in via SSH it says Welcome to Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS. But then also "New release '16.04.6 LTS' available. Run 'do-release-upgrade' to upgrade to it."
It also has Webmin and Webmin says reboot is pending but it cannot reboot there (nothing happens) or in terminal (command is missing). I'm not sure it would even boot up in current state. I tried:
sudo shutdown -r now
sudo: shutdown: command not found
sudo reboot now
sudo: reboot: command not found
sudo systemctl reboot
sudo: systemctl: command not found
Does anyone know what the issue might be and ways to fix it?
I didn't try removing/auto cleaning dependancies yet as was afraid it might remove some important stuff like some people mentioned.
Here is the error about dependancies, it appears regularly and "apt-get install systemd --dry-run" is just an example"
apt-get install systemd --dry-run
NOTE: This is only a simulation!
apt-get needs root privileges for real execution.
Keep also in mind that locking is deactivated,
so don't depend on the relevance to the real current situation!
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
console-setup : Depends: keyboard-configuration (= 1.108ubuntu15.5) but 1.178ubuntu2.9 is to be installed
console-setup-linux : Depends: keyboard-configuration (= 1.108ubuntu15.5) but 1.178ubuntu2.9 is to be installed
indicator-session : Depends: systemd-services
Recommends: unity-control-center-signon but it is not installable or
gnome-control-center-signon but it is not installable
initramfs-tools : Depends: initramfs-tools-core (= 0.122ubuntu8.16) but 0.130ubuntu3.9 is to be installed
libc-bin : Depends: libc6 (< 2.24) but 2.27-3ubuntu1 is to be installed
libc-dev-bin : Depends: libc6 (< 2.24) but 2.27-3ubuntu1 is to be installed
libc6-dbg : Depends: libc6 (= 2.23-0ubuntu11) but 2.27-3ubuntu1 is to be installed
libc6-dev : Depends: libc6 (= 2.23-0ubuntu11) but 2.27-3ubuntu1 is to be installed
locales : Depends: libc-bin (> 2.27)
systemd : Conflicts: upstart but 1.13.2-0ubuntu21.1 is to be installed
Recommends: networkd-dispatcher but it is not going to be installed
ubuntu-desktop : Depends: gdm3 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: gnome-shell but it is not going to be installed
Depends: gnome-shell-extension-appindicator but it is not going to be installed
Depends: gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock but it is not going to be installed
Depends: gstreamer1.0-packagekit but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libu2f-udev but it is not going to be installed
Depends: spice-vdagent but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: dirmngr
Recommends: fonts-indic but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: fonts-noto-cjk but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: fonts-noto-color-emoji but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: fonts-ubuntu but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: fwupd
Recommends: fwupdate
Recommends: fwupdate-signed
Recommends: gnome-calendar but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: gnome-getting-started-docs but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: gnome-initial-setup but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: gnome-software-plugin-snap but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: gnome-todo but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: gpg-agent
Recommends: kerneloops but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: libreoffice-style-breeze but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: network-manager-config-connectivity-ubuntu but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: orca but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: packagekit
Recommends: printer-driver-brlaser but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: printer-driver-m2300w but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: snapd but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: system-config-printer but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: ubuntu-report but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: ubuntu-software but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: ubuntu-web-launchers but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: xdg-desktop-portal-gtk
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
Information on upstart:
sudo dpkg -P upstart
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of upstart:
ubuntu-minimal depends on upstart; however:
Package upstart is to be removed.
avahi-daemon depends on upstart (>= 0.6.7-4).
dpkg: error processing package upstart (--purge):
dependency problems - not removing
Errors were encountered while processing:
upstart
I was planning to try removing avahi-daemon, then upstart, then install systemd, ubuntu-minimal and avahi-daemon, and upstart again and then try to reboot but not sure it would work and I'm concerned it wouldn't boot up and since it's virtual server if it breaks I would probably have to delete it and create a new one but would prefer to keep it as it has some data.
Thank you!
I'm new to Linux and was trying to upgrade Ubuntu 12 on a virtual server for a friend. It upgraded to 14 and 16 without major issues, I used "apt-get -f install" at one point and it fixed itself. I followed a lot of tutorials and forum posts God bless those people :)
Issues arised during upgrade from 16 to 18. It gave some error with a very long report, and now shows dependancies error and "apt-get -f install" cannot fix it, it's running in circles giving same error.
It seems when I log in via SSH it says Welcome to Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS. But then also "New release '16.04.6 LTS' available. Run 'do-release-upgrade' to upgrade to it."
It also has Webmin and Webmin says reboot is pending but it cannot reboot there (nothing happens) or in terminal (command is missing). I'm not sure it would even boot up in current state. I tried:
sudo shutdown -r now
sudo: shutdown: command not found
sudo reboot now
sudo: reboot: command not found
sudo systemctl reboot
sudo: systemctl: command not found
Does anyone know what the issue might be and ways to fix it?
I didn't try removing/auto cleaning dependancies yet as was afraid it might remove some important stuff like some people mentioned.
Here is the error about dependancies, it appears regularly and "apt-get install systemd --dry-run" is just an example"
apt-get install systemd --dry-run
NOTE: This is only a simulation!
apt-get needs root privileges for real execution.
Keep also in mind that locking is deactivated,
so don't depend on the relevance to the real current situation!
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
console-setup : Depends: keyboard-configuration (= 1.108ubuntu15.5) but 1.178ubuntu2.9 is to be installed
console-setup-linux : Depends: keyboard-configuration (= 1.108ubuntu15.5) but 1.178ubuntu2.9 is to be installed
indicator-session : Depends: systemd-services
Recommends: unity-control-center-signon but it is not installable or
gnome-control-center-signon but it is not installable
initramfs-tools : Depends: initramfs-tools-core (= 0.122ubuntu8.16) but 0.130ubuntu3.9 is to be installed
libc-bin : Depends: libc6 (< 2.24) but 2.27-3ubuntu1 is to be installed
libc-dev-bin : Depends: libc6 (< 2.24) but 2.27-3ubuntu1 is to be installed
libc6-dbg : Depends: libc6 (= 2.23-0ubuntu11) but 2.27-3ubuntu1 is to be installed
libc6-dev : Depends: libc6 (= 2.23-0ubuntu11) but 2.27-3ubuntu1 is to be installed
locales : Depends: libc-bin (> 2.27)
systemd : Conflicts: upstart but 1.13.2-0ubuntu21.1 is to be installed
Recommends: networkd-dispatcher but it is not going to be installed
ubuntu-desktop : Depends: gdm3 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: gnome-shell but it is not going to be installed
Depends: gnome-shell-extension-appindicator but it is not going to be installed
Depends: gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock but it is not going to be installed
Depends: gstreamer1.0-packagekit but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libu2f-udev but it is not going to be installed
Depends: spice-vdagent but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: dirmngr
Recommends: fonts-indic but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: fonts-noto-cjk but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: fonts-noto-color-emoji but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: fonts-ubuntu but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: fwupd
Recommends: fwupdate
Recommends: fwupdate-signed
Recommends: gnome-calendar but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: gnome-getting-started-docs but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: gnome-initial-setup but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: gnome-software-plugin-snap but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: gnome-todo but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: gpg-agent
Recommends: kerneloops but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: libreoffice-style-breeze but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: network-manager-config-connectivity-ubuntu but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: orca but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: packagekit
Recommends: printer-driver-brlaser but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: printer-driver-m2300w but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: snapd but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: system-config-printer but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: ubuntu-report but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: ubuntu-software but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: ubuntu-web-launchers but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: xdg-desktop-portal-gtk
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
Information on upstart:
sudo dpkg -P upstart
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of upstart:
ubuntu-minimal depends on upstart; however:
Package upstart is to be removed.
avahi-daemon depends on upstart (>= 0.6.7-4).
dpkg: error processing package upstart (--purge):
dependency problems - not removing
Errors were encountered while processing:
upstart
I was planning to try removing avahi-daemon, then upstart, then install systemd, ubuntu-minimal and avahi-daemon, and upstart again and then try to reboot but not sure it would work and I'm concerned it wouldn't boot up and since it's virtual server if it breaks I would probably have to delete it and create a new one but would prefer to keep it as it has some data.
Thank you!