[Bug 1700315] Re: "impossible to install a required package. Please report as bug."

[Nick Rosbrook]

Closing due to age.

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

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Title:
  "impossible to install a required package. Please report as bug."

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

Bug description:
  Tried to update Ubunto 16.04.  System complained that it could not
  install a required package and asked me to report as a bug. Tried
  running partial upgrade a couple times, but it not complete
  successfully. I had expected it to "just work."

  Tried using the "Software Updater" GUI.

  DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
  DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04
  DISTRIB_CODENAME=xenial
  DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS"
  NAME="Ubuntu"
  VERSION="16.04.2 LTS (Xenial Xerus)"
  ID=ubuntu
  ID_LIKE=debian
  PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS"
  VERSION_ID="16.04"
  HOME_URL="http://www.ubuntu.com/"
  SUPPORT_URL="http://help.ubuntu.com/"
  BUG_REPORT_URL="http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
  VERSION_CODENAME=xenial
  UBUNTU_CODENAME=xenial

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.21
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-56.61~16.04.1-generic 4.8.17
  Uname: Linux 4.8.0-56-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: MATE
  Date: Sat Jun 24 22:18:15 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-06-20 (4 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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