[Bug 1916805] Re: 18.04 to 20.04 upgrade failure

[Hugo Toonen]

Thank you Chris for your reply.

I’ll DDG search: Qt4 port Qt5 and ask ‘askubuntu.com’ etc.

I like Ubuntu though not knowing all the lingo well. Thank you for your
time.

Hugo Toonen

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> On 25 Feb 2021, at 12:00 pm, Chris Guiver <1916805 at bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:
> 
> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better.
> 
> I don't see the Launchpad question you refer to, if I did, I would have
> looked up what you asked there and possibly made a comment.
> 
> I do see refer to Qt4 requirements, Qt5 was introduced in Dec-2012 and
> programs that used Qt4 needed to port to Qt5, with Qt4 being removed
> from Debian & Ubuntu in 2019 (thus requirements don't exist in
> focal/20.04 or will again).
> 
> I would see what you have that depends on `libphonon4` (Qt4) as that can
> longer longer be met with focal/20.04 using Qt5 only in Ubuntu
> repositories.  This however I see as a support issue/question (and I
> didn't find your launchpad question).
> 
> This may not be your only issue..
> 
> 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
> 
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> Title:
>  18.04 to 20.04 upgrade failure
> 
> Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
>  New
> 
> Bug description:
>  A question in Nov 2020 appeared in
>  http://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/ :
> 
>  694046  not able to upgrade to 20.04 fm 18.04 Could not calculate the
>  upgrade An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the
>  upgrade.
> 
>  I have the same problem for months now. His question was not resolved.
>  Hope the bug is fixed because in April 2023, 18.04 will be obsolete.
>  Might need to buy a new computer and OS.
> 
>  Both of us may not the most computer literate. Or haven't been
>  answered.
> 
>  Thank you.
> 
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
>  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:18.04.42
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-136.140-generic 4.15.18
>  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-136-generic x86_64
>  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
>  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.23
>  Architecture: amd64
>  CrashDB: ubuntu
>  CurrentDesktop: MATE
>  Date: Thu Feb 25 09:19:08 2021
>  InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-09-01 (907 days ago)
>  InstallationMedia: Computerbank 18.04 - Release amd64
>  PackageArchitecture: all
>  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
>  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2021-02-24 (0 days ago)
>  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:
> 
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Title:
  18.04 to 20.04 upgrade failure

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

Bug description:
  A question in Nov 2020 appeared in
  http://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/ :

  694046  not able to upgrade to 20.04 fm 18.04 Could not calculate the
  upgrade An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the
  upgrade.

  I have the same problem for months now. His question was not resolved.
  Hope the bug is fixed because in April 2023, 18.04 will be obsolete.
  Might need to buy a new computer and OS.

  Both of us may not the most computer literate. Or haven't been
  answered.

  Thank you.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:18.04.42
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-136.140-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-136-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.23
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: MATE
  Date: Thu Feb 25 09:19:08 2021
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-09-01 (907 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Computerbank 18.04 - Release amd64
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2021-02-24 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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