[Bug 1953524] Re: Upgrade 20.04 to 21.10

[Charles Simms]

Chris

Thank you for your response.

I have ran apport-collect 1953524 which has updated my bug in launchpad.

Yes I was trying to upgrade to 21.04.

Regards
Charlie Simms

On Wed, 8 Dec 2021 at 01:41, Chris Guiver <1953524 at bugs.launchpad.net>
wrote:

> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better. Please execute the following command only once, as it
> will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal:
>
> apport-collect 1953524
>
> When reporting bugs in the future please use apport by using 'ubuntu-
> bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this
> functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.
>
>
> (are you sure you were upgrading from 20.04 to 21.10?  The current
> procedure will upgrade you from 20.04 to 21.04 (ie. next supported release)
> which matches the package you mention, ie. `npm | 7.5.2+ds-1         |
> hirsute/universe        | source, all`)
>
> I've marked this incomplete as no details were provided; you can change
> status back to "New" after running apport-collect.
>
> Bug reporting is mostly about finding & fixing problems thus preventing
> future users from hitting the same bug.
>
> I suspect a Support site would be more appropriate, eg.
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu. You can also find help with your
> problem in the support forum of your local Ubuntu community
> http://loco.ubuntu.com/ or asking at https://askubuntu.com or
> https://ubuntuforums.org, or for more support options please look at
> https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/community-support/709
>
>
> ** Changed in: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
>        Status: New => Incomplete
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> Title:
>   Upgrade 20.04 to 21.10
>
> Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
>   Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
>   I ran the installation to upgrade using
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ImpishUpgrades
>   section:- Upgrading Ubuntu Desktops to 21.10
>   but got the following message:
>   The upgrade will continue but the
> '/tmp/apt-dpkg-install-ZM0HnK/0993-npm_7.5.2+ds-1_all.deb' package may not
> be in a working state. Please consider submitting a bug report about it.
>
>   Now I cant upgrade using the software updater I get the following error
>   The package system is broken
>   If you are using third party repositories then disable them, since they
> are a common source of problems.
>   Now run the following command in a terminal: apt-get install -f
>   Transaction failed: The package system is broken
>    The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   node-mkdirp:
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Title:
  Upgrade 20.04 to 21.10

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

Bug description:
  I ran the installation to upgrade using https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ImpishUpgrades 
  section:- Upgrading Ubuntu Desktops to 21.10
  but got the following message:
  The upgrade will continue but the '/tmp/apt-dpkg-install-ZM0HnK/0993-npm_7.5.2+ds-1_all.deb' package may not be in a working state. Please consider submitting a bug report about it.

  Now I cant upgrade using the software updater I get the following error
  The package system is broken
  If you are using third party repositories then disable them, since they are a common source of problems.
  Now run the following command in a terminal: apt-get install -f
  Transaction failed: The package system is broken
   The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  node-mkdirp:
  --- 
  ProblemType: Bug
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu65.4
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  DistributionChannelDescriptor:
   # This is a distribution channel descriptor
   # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor
   canonical-oem-somerville-xenial-amd64-20160624-2
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-11-12 (1486 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 "Xenial" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20160624-10:47
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-91.102-generic 5.4.151
  RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
  Tags:  hirsute dist-upgrade
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-91-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm audio cdrom dip docker lpadmin plugdev pulse pulse-access root sambashare sudo video wireshark
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:
   
  _MarkForUpload: True

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