[Bug 1793683] [NEW] unable to upgrade from ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04

Edu Marin 1793683 at bugs.launchpad.net
Fri Sep 21 08:25:29 UTC 2018


Public bug reported:

I cannot upgrade to ubuntu 18.04. 
Here is the output of 
$ sudo do-release-upgrade


Checking for a new Ubuntu release
Get:1 Upgrade tool signature [819 B]                                                                                                     
Get:2 Upgrade tool [1,258 kB]                                                                                                            
Fetched 1,259 kB in 0s (0 B/s)                                                                                                           
authenticate 'bionic.tar.gz' against 'bionic.tar.gz.gpg' 
extracting 'bionic.tar.gz'

Reading cache

Checking package manager
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree        
Reading state information... Done
Ign http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu wily InRelease                                                                                       
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                                                                 
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net/octave/stable/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                                                       
Hit http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu wily Release                                                                                         
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [107 kB]                                                               
Hit https://repo.skype.com/deb stable InRelease                                                                                          
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease                                                                         
Hit http://repo.acestream.org/ubuntu trusty InRelease                                                                                    
Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease                                                                       
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net/samoilov-lex/aftl-stable/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                                            
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                                                       
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-toolchain-r/test/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                                             
Fetched 107 kB 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://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [83.2 kB]                                                              
Get:2 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease [242 kB]                                                                      
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 Packages [168 kB]                                                     
Get:4 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [88.7 kB]                                                             
Get:5 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease [74.6 kB]                                                           
Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main i386 Packages [134 kB]                                                      
Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main Translation-en [63.6 kB]                                                    
Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [204 B]                                               
Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons [29 B]                                                   
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe amd64 Packages [66.8 kB]                                               
Get:11 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages [1,019 kB]                                                         
Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe i386 Packages [66.7 kB]                                                
Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe Translation-en [39.3 kB]                                               
Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [6,820 B]                                        
Get:15 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [11.3 kB]                                           
Get:16 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/multiverse amd64 Packages [1,444 B]                                             
Get:17 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/multiverse i386 Packages [1,608 B]                                              
Get:18 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/multiverse Translation-en [996 B]                                               
Get:19 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main i386 Packages [1,007 kB]                                                          
Get:20 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main Translation-en [516 kB]                                                           
Get:21 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [477 kB]                                                    
Get:22 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons [245 kB]                                                       
Get:23 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/restricted amd64 Packages [9,184 B]                                                    
Get:24 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/restricted i386 Packages [9,156 B]                                                     
Get:25 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/restricted Translation-en [3,584 B]                                                    
Get:26 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages [8,570 kB]                                                     
Get:27 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages [8,531 kB]                                                      
Get:28 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe Translation-en [4,941 kB]                                                     
Get:29 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [3,287 kB]                                              
Get:30 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [8,420 kB]                                                 
Get:31 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/multiverse amd64 Packages [151 kB]                                                     
Get:32 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/multiverse i386 Packages [144 kB]                                                      
Get:33 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/multiverse Translation-en [108 kB]                                                     
Get:34 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [49.7 kB]                                             
Get:35 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/multiverse DEP-11 64x64 Icons [225 kB]                                                 
Get:36 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages [328 kB]                                                   
Get:37 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main i386 Packages [293 kB]                                                    
Get:38 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main Translation-en [125 kB]                                                   
Get:39 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [139 kB]                                            
Get:40 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons [56.9 kB]                                              
Get:41 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64 Packages [199 kB]                                               
Get:42 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe i386 Packages [199 kB]                                                
Get:43 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe Translation-en [94.1 kB]                                              
Get:44 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [166 kB]                                        
Get:45 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [285 kB]                                           
Get:46 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages [4,180 B]                                            
Get:47 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [4,336 B]                                             
Get:48 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse Translation-en [2,740 B]                                            
Get:49 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [2,464 B]                                     
Get:50 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse DEP-11 64x64 Icons [2,638 B]                                        
Get:51 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports/universe amd64 Packages [2,840 B]                                            
Get:52 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports/universe i386 Packages [2,832 B]                                             
Get:53 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports/universe Translation-en [1,200 B]                                            
Get:54 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [5,100 B]                                     
Get:55 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [1,789 B]                                        
Fetched 40.7 MB in 6s (6,429 kB/s)                                                                                                       

(appstreamcli:19472): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_strchug: assertion 'string !=
NULL' failed

(appstreamcli:19472): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_strchomp: assertion 'string !=
NULL' failed

(appstreamcli:19472): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_strchug: assertion 'string !=
NULL' failed

(appstreamcli:19472): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_strchomp: assertion 'string !=
NULL' failed

(appstreamcli:19472): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_strchug: assertion 'string !=
NULL' failed

(appstreamcli:19472): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_strchomp: assertion 'string != NULL' failed
AppStream cache update completed, but some metadata was ignored due to errors.

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

Calculating the changes

Calculating the changes

Could not calculate the upgrade

An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.

This can be caused by: 
* Upgrading to a pre-release version of Ubuntu 
* Running the current pre-release version of Ubuntu 
* Unofficial software packages not provided by Ubuntu 

If none of this applies, then please report this bug using the 
command 'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal. 


Restoring original system state

Aborting
Reading package lists... Done    
Building dependency tree          
Reading state information... Done

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.25
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-34.37~16.04.1-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-34-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Sep 21 10:16:54 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-06-08 (469 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2018-09-21 (0 days ago)

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade third-party-packages xenial

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Title:
  unable to upgrade from ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04

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

Bug description:
  I cannot upgrade to ubuntu 18.04. 
  Here is the output of 
  $ sudo do-release-upgrade

  
  Checking for a new Ubuntu release
  Get:1 Upgrade tool signature [819 B]                                                                                                     
  Get:2 Upgrade tool [1,258 kB]                                                                                                            
  Fetched 1,259 kB in 0s (0 B/s)                                                                                                           
  authenticate 'bionic.tar.gz' against 'bionic.tar.gz.gpg' 
  extracting 'bionic.tar.gz'

  Reading cache

  Checking package manager
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree        
  Reading state information... Done
  Ign http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu wily InRelease                                                                                       
  Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                                                                 
  Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net/octave/stable/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                                                       
  Hit http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu wily Release                                                                                         
  Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [107 kB]                                                               
  Hit https://repo.skype.com/deb stable InRelease                                                                                          
  Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease                                                                         
  Hit http://repo.acestream.org/ubuntu trusty InRelease                                                                                    
  Hit http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease                                                                       
  Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net/samoilov-lex/aftl-stable/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                                            
  Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net/team-xbmc/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                                                       
  Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-toolchain-r/test/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                                             
  Fetched 107 kB 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://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [83.2 kB]                                                              
  Get:2 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease [242 kB]                                                                      
  Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 Packages [168 kB]                                                     
  Get:4 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [88.7 kB]                                                             
  Get:5 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease [74.6 kB]                                                           
  Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main i386 Packages [134 kB]                                                      
  Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main Translation-en [63.6 kB]                                                    
  Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [204 B]                                               
  Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons [29 B]                                                   
  Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe amd64 Packages [66.8 kB]                                               
  Get:11 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages [1,019 kB]                                                         
  Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe i386 Packages [66.7 kB]                                                
  Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe Translation-en [39.3 kB]                                               
  Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [6,820 B]                                        
  Get:15 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [11.3 kB]                                           
  Get:16 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/multiverse amd64 Packages [1,444 B]                                             
  Get:17 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/multiverse i386 Packages [1,608 B]                                              
  Get:18 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/multiverse Translation-en [996 B]                                               
  Get:19 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main i386 Packages [1,007 kB]                                                          
  Get:20 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main Translation-en [516 kB]                                                           
  Get:21 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [477 kB]                                                    
  Get:22 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons [245 kB]                                                       
  Get:23 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/restricted amd64 Packages [9,184 B]                                                    
  Get:24 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/restricted i386 Packages [9,156 B]                                                     
  Get:25 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/restricted Translation-en [3,584 B]                                                    
  Get:26 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages [8,570 kB]                                                     
  Get:27 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages [8,531 kB]                                                      
  Get:28 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe Translation-en [4,941 kB]                                                     
  Get:29 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [3,287 kB]                                              
  Get:30 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [8,420 kB]                                                 
  Get:31 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/multiverse amd64 Packages [151 kB]                                                     
  Get:32 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/multiverse i386 Packages [144 kB]                                                      
  Get:33 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/multiverse Translation-en [108 kB]                                                     
  Get:34 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [49.7 kB]                                             
  Get:35 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/multiverse DEP-11 64x64 Icons [225 kB]                                                 
  Get:36 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages [328 kB]                                                   
  Get:37 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main i386 Packages [293 kB]                                                    
  Get:38 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main Translation-en [125 kB]                                                   
  Get:39 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [139 kB]                                            
  Get:40 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons [56.9 kB]                                              
  Get:41 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64 Packages [199 kB]                                               
  Get:42 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe i386 Packages [199 kB]                                                
  Get:43 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe Translation-en [94.1 kB]                                              
  Get:44 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [166 kB]                                        
  Get:45 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [285 kB]                                           
  Get:46 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages [4,180 B]                                            
  Get:47 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [4,336 B]                                             
  Get:48 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse Translation-en [2,740 B]                                            
  Get:49 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [2,464 B]                                     
  Get:50 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse DEP-11 64x64 Icons [2,638 B]                                        
  Get:51 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports/universe amd64 Packages [2,840 B]                                            
  Get:52 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports/universe i386 Packages [2,832 B]                                             
  Get:53 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports/universe Translation-en [1,200 B]                                            
  Get:54 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [5,100 B]                                     
  Get:55 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [1,789 B]                                        
  Fetched 40.7 MB in 6s (6,429 kB/s)                                                                                                       

  (appstreamcli:19472): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_strchug: assertion 'string
  != NULL' failed

  (appstreamcli:19472): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_strchomp: assertion 'string
  != NULL' failed

  (appstreamcli:19472): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_strchug: assertion 'string
  != NULL' failed

  (appstreamcli:19472): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_strchomp: assertion 'string
  != NULL' failed

  (appstreamcli:19472): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_strchug: assertion 'string
  != NULL' failed

  (appstreamcli:19472): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_strchomp: assertion 'string != NULL' failed
  AppStream cache update completed, but some metadata was ignored due to errors.

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

  Calculating the changes

  Calculating the changes

  Could not calculate the upgrade

  An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.

  This can be caused by: 
  * Upgrading to a pre-release version of Ubuntu 
  * Running the current pre-release version of Ubuntu 
  * Unofficial software packages not provided by Ubuntu 

  If none of this applies, then please report this bug using the 
  command 'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal. 

  
  Restoring original system state

  Aborting
  Reading package lists... Done    
  Building dependency tree          
  Reading state information... Done

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.25
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-34.37~16.04.1-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-34-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Fri Sep 21 10:16:54 2018
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-06-08 (469 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2018-09-21 (0 days ago)

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