[Bug 1637317] Re: distribution upgrade from 16.04 to 16.10 aborts with error message 'Failed to lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock'

Launchpad Bug Tracker 1637317 at bugs.launchpad.net
Mon Oct 31 19:41:45 UTC 2016


Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to ubuntu-release-upgrader in
Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1637317

Title:
  distribution upgrade from 16.04 to 16.10 aborts with error message
  'Failed to lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock'

Status in Ubuntu GNOME:
  New
Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  here is the result of do-release-upgrade
  mervyn at Yoga3:~$ sudo do-release-upgrade
  [sudo] password for mervyn: 
  Checking for a new Ubuntu release
  Get:1 Upgrade tool signature [198 B]                                                                                   
  Get:2 Upgrade tool [1,261 kB]                                                                                          
  Fetched 1,261 kB in 0s (0 B/s)                                                                                         
  authenticate 'yakkety.tar.gz' against 'yakkety.tar.gz.gpg' 
  extracting 'yakkety.tar.gz'

  Reading cache

  Checking package manager

  Unable to get exclusive lock

  This usually means that another package management application (like 
  apt-get or aptitude) already running. Please close that application 
  first. 

  mervyn at Yoga3:~$

  Re ran after trying :

  mervyn at Yoga3:~$ ps -e | grep -e apt -e synaptic -e gnome-software -e unattended-upgrades
   1822 tty2     00:00:07 gnome-software
   7148 ?        00:00:02 aptd

  sudo kill 7148
  sudo kill 1822
  sudo do-release-upgrade
  Checking for a new Ubuntu release
  Get:1 Upgrade tool signature [198 B]                                                                                   
  Get:2 Upgrade tool [1,261 kB]                                                                                          
  Fetched 1,261 kB in 0s (0 B/s)                                                                                         
  authenticate 'yakkety.tar.gz' against 'yakkety.tar.gz.gpg' 
  extracting 'yakkety.tar.gz'

  Reading cache

  Checking package manager
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree        
  Reading state information... Done
  Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                                               
  Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease                                                       
  Hit http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease                                                     
  Hit https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu xenial/ InRelease                                                     
  Hit http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease                                                        
  Hit http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                                               
  Fetched 0 B in 0s (0 B/s)                                                                                              
  Reading package lists... Done    
  Building dependency tree          
  Reading state information... Done

  Updating repository information

  Third party sources disabled

  Some third party entries in your sources.list were disabled. You can 
  re-enable them after the upgrade with the 'software-properties' tool 
  or your package manager. 

  To continue please press [ENTER]

  Get:1 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety InRelease [247 kB]                                                   
  Get:2 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-updates InRelease [94.5 kB]                                          
  Get:3 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-backports InRelease [92.2 kB]                                        
  Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-security InRelease [92.2 kB]                                           
  Get:5 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/multiverse Sources [181 kB]                                          
  Get:6 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/main Sources [903 kB]                                                
  Get:7 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu yakkety InRelease [11.5 kB]                                                  
  Get:8 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/universe Sources [8,044 kB]                                          
  Get:9 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu yakkety/partner Sources [2,252 B]                                            
  Get:10 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu yakkety/partner amd64 Packages [2,552 B]                                    
  Get:11 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu yakkety/partner i386 Packages [2,860 B]                                     
  Get:12 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu yakkety/partner Translation-en [1,352 B]                                    
  Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-security/multiverse Sources [732 B]                                   
  Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-security/main Sources [5,232 B]                                       
  Get:15 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-security/universe Sources [3,404 B]                                   
  Get:16 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-security/main amd64 Packages [10.9 kB]                                
  Get:17 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-security/main i386 Packages [10.1 kB]                                 
  Get:18 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-security/main Translation-en [7,448 B]                                
  Get:19 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [196 B]                           
  Get:20 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-security/restricted amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [186 B]                     
  Get:21 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-security/universe amd64 Packages [4,440 B]                            
  Get:22 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-security/universe i386 Packages [4,448 B]                             
  Get:23 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-security/universe Translation-en [5,016 B]                            
  Get:24 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-security/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [200 B]                       
  Get:25 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-security/multiverse amd64 Packages [1,172 B]                          
  Get:26 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-security/multiverse i386 Packages [1,336 B]                           
  Get:27 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-security/multiverse Translation-en [628 B]                            
  Get:28 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-security/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [201 B]                     
  Get:29 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/restricted Sources [5,376 B]                                        
  Get:30 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/main amd64 Packages [1,222 kB]                                      
  Get:31 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/main i386 Packages [1,218 kB]                                       
  Get:32 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/main Translation-en [582 kB]                                        
  Get:33 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/main Translation-en_AU [420 kB]                                     
  Get:34 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [654 kB]                                 
  Get:35 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons [368 kB]                                    
  Get:36 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/restricted amd64 Packages [8,416 B]                                 
  Get:37 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/restricted i386 Packages [8,724 B]                                  
  Get:38 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/restricted Translation-en [2,996 B]                                 
  Get:39 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/restricted Translation-en_AU [2,012 B]                              
  Get:40 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/restricted amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [187 B]                            
  Get:41 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/universe amd64 Packages [7,729 kB]                                  
  Get:42 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/universe i386 Packages [7,712 kB]                                   
  Get:43 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/universe Translation-en [4,484 kB]                                  
  Get:44 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/universe Translation-en_AU [3,039 kB]                               
  Get:45 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [2,669 kB]                           
  Get:46 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [7,194 kB]                              
  Get:47 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/multiverse amd64 Packages [146 kB]                                  
  Get:48 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/multiverse i386 Packages [141 kB]                                   
  Get:49 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/multiverse Translation-en [108 kB]                                  
  Get:50 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/multiverse Translation-en_AU [67.7 kB]                              
  Get:51 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [47.6 kB]                          
  Get:52 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/multiverse DEP-11 64x64 Icons [246 kB]                              
  Get:53 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-updates/multiverse Sources [732 B]                                  
  Get:54 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-updates/main Sources [13.7 kB]                                      
  Get:55 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-updates/universe Sources [8,148 B]                                  
  Get:56 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-updates/main amd64 Packages [30.6 kB]                               
  Get:57 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-updates/main i386 Packages [29.8 kB]                                
  Get:58 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-updates/main Translation-en [16.3 kB]                               
  Get:59 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-updates/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [53.2 kB]                        
  Get:60 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-updates/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons [28.6 kB]                           
  Get:61 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-updates/restricted amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [185 B]                    
  Get:62 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-updates/universe amd64 Packages [22.6 kB]                           
  Get:63 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-updates/universe i386 Packages [22.6 kB]                            
  Get:64 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-updates/universe Translation-en [13.7 kB]                           
  Get:65 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-updates/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [60.2 kB]                    
  Get:66 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-updates/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [47.4 kB]                       
  Get:67 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages [1,172 B]                         
  Get:68 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [1,336 B]                          
  Get:69 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-updates/multiverse Translation-en [628 B]                           
  Get:70 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-updates/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [185 B]                    
  Get:71 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-backports/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [182 B]                        
  Get:72 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-backports/restricted amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [187 B]                  
  Get:73 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-backports/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [186 B]                    
  Get:74 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety-backports/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [187 B]                  
  Fetched 48.2 MB in 6s (2,417 kB/s)                                                                                     

  Checking package manager
  Reading package lists... Done    
  Building dependency tree          
  Reading state information... Done

  Calculating the changes

  Calculating the changes

  Do you want to start the upgrade?

  
  2 installed packages are no longer supported by Canonical. You can 
  still get support from the community. 

  17 packages are going to be removed. 192 new packages are going to be 
  installed. 1884 packages are going to be upgraded. 

  Installing the upgrade can take several hours. Once the download has 
  finished, the process cannot be cancelled. 

   Continue [yN]  Details [d]y

  Fetching
  Fetched 0 B in 0s (0 B/s)                                                                                              

  Upgrading

  Could not download the upgrades

  The upgrade has aborted. Please check your Internet connection or 
  installation media and try again. 

  Failed to lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock

  
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-__pnlkna/yakkety", line 8, in <module>
    File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-__pnlkna/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeMain.py", line 242, in main
    File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-__pnlkna/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1880, in run
    File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-__pnlkna/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1845, in fullUpgrade
    File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-__pnlkna/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1263, in doDistUpgrade
    File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-__pnlkna/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1385, in abort
    File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-__pnlkna/DistUpgrade/sourceslist.py", line 366, in restore_backup
    File "/usr/lib/python3.5/shutil.py", line 236, in copy
      copymode(src, dst, follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)
    File "/usr/lib/python3.5/shutil.py", line 138, in copymode
      chmod_func(dst, stat.S_IMODE(st.st_mode))
  PermissionError: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: '/etc/apt/sources.list'
  Error in sys.excepthook:
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport_python_hook.py", line 109, in apport_excepthook
      pr.add_proc_info(extraenv=['PYTHONPATH', 'PYTHONHOME'])
    File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 544, in add_proc_info
      self['ExecutableTimestamp'] = str(int(os.stat(self['ExecutablePath']).st_mtime))
  PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-__pnlkna/yakkety'

  Original exception was:
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-__pnlkna/yakkety", line 8, in <module>
    File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-__pnlkna/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeMain.py", line 242, in main
    File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-__pnlkna/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1880, in run
    File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-__pnlkna/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1845, in fullUpgrade
    File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-__pnlkna/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1263, in doDistUpgrade
    File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-__pnlkna/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py", line 1385, in abort
    File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-__pnlkna/DistUpgrade/sourceslist.py", line 366, in restore_backup
    File "/usr/lib/python3.5/shutil.py", line 236, in copy
      copymode(src, dst, follow_symlinks=follow_symlinks)
    File "/usr/lib/python3.5/shutil.py", line 138, in copymode
      chmod_func(dst, stat.S_IMODE(st.st_mode))
  PermissionError: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: '/etc/apt/sources.list'
  mervyn at Yoga3:~$

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1637317/+subscriptions



More information about the foundations-bugs mailing list