How do I resume a release upgrade?

Yesterday I started the upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04, but I interrupted it because it was taking too long. Now if I restart it, it doesn't proceed.

Is there any possibility to clean the mess it left when I interrupted it and make a clean restart of this update?

edited Sep 3 '16 at 14:39

Zanna

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asked Sep 17 '13 at 14:13

Dave

253139

There must be a way to a) delete all temporary data he stored for the last trial or b) tell him to start again. The simple way "just go ahead where you were interrupted" does not seem to work!

– Dave
Sep 17 '13 at 14:33

1

I'm not sure, but maybe 'sudo apt-get upgrade' and afterwards 'sudo apt-get update' could have fixed it!

– Dave
Sep 17 '13 at 19:08

I added instructions to my answer for how to delete all the download packages. As for the upgrade/update, usually you want to do it the other way around: "sudo apt-get update && sudo-apt-get upgrade" (you can do it on one line--the '&&' means the second command will only run if the first succeeds).

– Lambart
Sep 17 '13 at 19:36

add a comment |

Yesterday I started the upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04, but I interrupted it because it was taking too long. Now if I restart it, it doesn't proceed.

Is there any possibility to clean the mess it left when I interrupted it and make a clean restart of this update?

edited Sep 3 '16 at 14:39

Zanna

50.8k13136241

asked Sep 17 '13 at 14:13

Dave

253139

There must be a way to a) delete all temporary data he stored for the last trial or b) tell him to start again. The simple way "just go ahead where you were interrupted" does not seem to work!

– Dave
Sep 17 '13 at 14:33

1

I'm not sure, but maybe 'sudo apt-get upgrade' and afterwards 'sudo apt-get update' could have fixed it!

– Dave
Sep 17 '13 at 19:08

I added instructions to my answer for how to delete all the download packages. As for the upgrade/update, usually you want to do it the other way around: "sudo apt-get update && sudo-apt-get upgrade" (you can do it on one line--the '&&' means the second command will only run if the first succeeds).

– Lambart
Sep 17 '13 at 19:36

add a comment |

Yesterday I started the upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04, but I interrupted it because it was taking too long. Now if I restart it, it doesn't proceed.

Is there any possibility to clean the mess it left when I interrupted it and make a clean restart of this update?

edited Sep 3 '16 at 14:39

Zanna

50.8k13136241

asked Sep 17 '13 at 14:13

Dave

253139

Yesterday I started the upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04, but I interrupted it because it was taking too long. Now if I restart it, it doesn't proceed.

Is there any possibility to clean the mess it left when I interrupted it and make a clean restart of this update?

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edited Sep 3 '16 at 14:39

Zanna

50.8k13136241

asked Sep 17 '13 at 14:13

Dave

253139

edited Sep 3 '16 at 14:39

Zanna

50.8k13136241

asked Sep 17 '13 at 14:13

Dave

253139

edited Sep 3 '16 at 14:39

Zanna

50.8k13136241

edited Sep 3 '16 at 14:39

Zanna

50.8k13136241

edited Sep 3 '16 at 14:39

Zanna

50.8k13136241

asked Sep 17 '13 at 14:13

Dave

253139

asked Sep 17 '13 at 14:13

Dave

253139

asked Sep 17 '13 at 14:13

Dave

253139

There must be a way to a) delete all temporary data he stored for the last trial or b) tell him to start again. The simple way "just go ahead where you were interrupted" does not seem to work!

– Dave
Sep 17 '13 at 14:33

1

I'm not sure, but maybe 'sudo apt-get upgrade' and afterwards 'sudo apt-get update' could have fixed it!

– Dave
Sep 17 '13 at 19:08

I added instructions to my answer for how to delete all the download packages. As for the upgrade/update, usually you want to do it the other way around: "sudo apt-get update && sudo-apt-get upgrade" (you can do it on one line--the '&&' means the second command will only run if the first succeeds).

– Lambart
Sep 17 '13 at 19:36

add a comment |

There must be a way to a) delete all temporary data he stored for the last trial or b) tell him to start again. The simple way "just go ahead where you were interrupted" does not seem to work!

– Dave
Sep 17 '13 at 14:33

1

I'm not sure, but maybe 'sudo apt-get upgrade' and afterwards 'sudo apt-get update' could have fixed it!

– Dave
Sep 17 '13 at 19:08

I added instructions to my answer for how to delete all the download packages. As for the upgrade/update, usually you want to do it the other way around: "sudo apt-get update && sudo-apt-get upgrade" (you can do it on one line--the '&&' means the second command will only run if the first succeeds).

– Lambart
Sep 17 '13 at 19:36

There must be a way to a) delete all temporary data he stored for the last trial or b) tell him to start again. The simple way "just go ahead where you were interrupted" does not seem to work!

– Dave
Sep 17 '13 at 14:33

I'm not sure, but maybe 'sudo apt-get upgrade' and afterwards 'sudo apt-get update' could have fixed it!

– Dave
Sep 17 '13 at 19:08

I added instructions to my answer for how to delete all the download packages. As for the upgrade/update, usually you want to do it the other way around: "sudo apt-get update && sudo-apt-get upgrade" (you can do it on one line--the '&&' means the second command will only run if the first succeeds).

– Lambart
Sep 17 '13 at 19:36

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Try these steps, from the command line:

Fix broken dependencies:

$ sudo apt-get install -f

If it still doesn't work, try this to fix/reconfigure the existing, unpacked-but-not-yet-configured packages:

$ sudo dpkg --configure -a

Then try the upgrade again.

If it fails again, you may want to delete all the already- downloaded packages (they should be stored in /var/cache/apt/archives), do

$ sudo apt-get clean

That will clean up the packages but if you're still stuck in some weird state, I'm not sure what else to suggest.

$ sudo apt-get autoremove -y

That will remove any now obsolete packages.

Of course, before you do anything you should back up any important contents of your /home/dave directory (or whatever your $HOME directory is).

edited Sep 1 '16 at 11:30

flob

23328

answered Sep 17 '13 at 19:30

Lambart

1,8911624

I did everything you wrote here. Thanks for the detailed advice! But I'm afraid the GUI-Software-Updater still fails. The only way I get him to do anything is via terminal, but that doesn't change my computer being stuck in some weird state.

– Dave
Sep 18 '13 at 14:08

Sure, sorry nothing worked. I found this thread yesterday which mentions a couple other angles. Maybe something in here? ubuntuforums.org/…

– Lambart
Sep 18 '13 at 17:12

Thank you very much for your help! Didn't give up and than, after a couple of trials in altering steps, I got it to work! Your code did fix the problem.

– Dave
Sep 19 '13 at 13:21

2

confirm that sudo apt-get install -f restarted dpkg for me. my upgrade was interrupted when network connection dropped. prob should use screen when upgrading remotely, which I thought ubuntu did at one point...

– lukewendling
Mar 9 '14 at 2:26

4

do-release-upgrade does start a screen session (with screen escape character ^space), but if the parent do-release-upgrade process dies, that might still kill the whole thing. Be careful about hitting ^c if you start a subshell to poke at a modified conffile, I ran into a problem with that: bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/…

– Peter Cordes
Jul 18 '14 at 3:18

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It appears that sudo screen -D -r will reconnect to a disconnected install in a 12.04 to 16.04 upgrade. This means no killing of packages or anything like that. This assumes that you didn't actively stop the upgrade, just lost access to the session.

edited May 2 '18 at 14:26

answered Sep 11 '14 at 3:06

flickerfly

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5

Even the "do-release-upgrade" from 14.04LTS to 16.04LTS use screen

– Ivan Buttinoni
Mar 5 '17 at 22:35

2

Works on 17.10 -> 18.04 LTS!

– Preston Lee
May 15 '18 at 23:20

1

I was doing do-release-upgrade over x2go which was probably a bad idea, since remote screen packages get hosed in the process. This saved me.

– endolith
Aug 19 '18 at 3:05

add a comment |

My 16.04 to 18.04 upgrade had interrupted as I had stopped the process by mistake. I guess the process was towards the end (installing wifi packages). Nothing of above worked and kept giving "dpkg fronend is locked by another process". A system reboot followed by

$ sudo dpkg --configure -a

resumed the process and completed upgrade to 18.04 successfully.

answered Jan 13 at 18:13

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Try these steps, from the command line:

Fix broken dependencies:

$ sudo apt-get install -f

If it still doesn't work, try this to fix/reconfigure the existing, unpacked-but-not-yet-configured packages:

$ sudo dpkg --configure -a

Then try the upgrade again.

If it fails again, you may want to delete all the already- downloaded packages (they should be stored in /var/cache/apt/archives), do

$ sudo apt-get clean

That will clean up the packages but if you're still stuck in some weird state, I'm not sure what else to suggest.

$ sudo apt-get autoremove -y

That will remove any now obsolete packages.

Of course, before you do anything you should back up any important contents of your /home/dave directory (or whatever your $HOME directory is).

edited Sep 1 '16 at 11:30

flob

23328

answered Sep 17 '13 at 19:30

Lambart

1,8911624

I did everything you wrote here. Thanks for the detailed advice! But I'm afraid the GUI-Software-Updater still fails. The only way I get him to do anything is via terminal, but that doesn't change my computer being stuck in some weird state.

– Dave
Sep 18 '13 at 14:08

Sure, sorry nothing worked. I found this thread yesterday which mentions a couple other angles. Maybe something in here? ubuntuforums.org/…

– Lambart
Sep 18 '13 at 17:12

Thank you very much for your help! Didn't give up and than, after a couple of trials in altering steps, I got it to work! Your code did fix the problem.

– Dave
Sep 19 '13 at 13:21

2

confirm that sudo apt-get install -f restarted dpkg for me. my upgrade was interrupted when network connection dropped. prob should use screen when upgrading remotely, which I thought ubuntu did at one point...

– lukewendling
Mar 9 '14 at 2:26

4

do-release-upgrade does start a screen session (with screen escape character ^space), but if the parent do-release-upgrade process dies, that might still kill the whole thing. Be careful about hitting ^c if you start a subshell to poke at a modified conffile, I ran into a problem with that: bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/…

– Peter Cordes
Jul 18 '14 at 3:18

|
show 2 more comments

Try these steps, from the command line:

Fix broken dependencies:

$ sudo apt-get install -f

If it still doesn't work, try this to fix/reconfigure the existing, unpacked-but-not-yet-configured packages:

$ sudo dpkg --configure -a

Then try the upgrade again.

If it fails again, you may want to delete all the already- downloaded packages (they should be stored in /var/cache/apt/archives), do

$ sudo apt-get clean

That will clean up the packages but if you're still stuck in some weird state, I'm not sure what else to suggest.

$ sudo apt-get autoremove -y

That will remove any now obsolete packages.

Of course, before you do anything you should back up any important contents of your /home/dave directory (or whatever your $HOME directory is).

edited Sep 1 '16 at 11:30

flob

23328

answered Sep 17 '13 at 19:30

Lambart

1,8911624

I did everything you wrote here. Thanks for the detailed advice! But I'm afraid the GUI-Software-Updater still fails. The only way I get him to do anything is via terminal, but that doesn't change my computer being stuck in some weird state.

– Dave
Sep 18 '13 at 14:08

Sure, sorry nothing worked. I found this thread yesterday which mentions a couple other angles. Maybe something in here? ubuntuforums.org/…

– Lambart
Sep 18 '13 at 17:12

Thank you very much for your help! Didn't give up and than, after a couple of trials in altering steps, I got it to work! Your code did fix the problem.

– Dave
Sep 19 '13 at 13:21

2

confirm that sudo apt-get install -f restarted dpkg for me. my upgrade was interrupted when network connection dropped. prob should use screen when upgrading remotely, which I thought ubuntu did at one point...

– lukewendling
Mar 9 '14 at 2:26

4

do-release-upgrade does start a screen session (with screen escape character ^space), but if the parent do-release-upgrade process dies, that might still kill the whole thing. Be careful about hitting ^c if you start a subshell to poke at a modified conffile, I ran into a problem with that: bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/…

– Peter Cordes
Jul 18 '14 at 3:18

|
show 2 more comments

Try these steps, from the command line:

Fix broken dependencies:

$ sudo apt-get install -f

If it still doesn't work, try this to fix/reconfigure the existing, unpacked-but-not-yet-configured packages:

$ sudo dpkg --configure -a

Then try the upgrade again.

If it fails again, you may want to delete all the already- downloaded packages (they should be stored in /var/cache/apt/archives), do

$ sudo apt-get clean

That will clean up the packages but if you're still stuck in some weird state, I'm not sure what else to suggest.

$ sudo apt-get autoremove -y

That will remove any now obsolete packages.

Of course, before you do anything you should back up any important contents of your /home/dave directory (or whatever your $HOME directory is).

edited Sep 1 '16 at 11:30

flob

23328

answered Sep 17 '13 at 19:30

Lambart

1,8911624

Try these steps, from the command line:

Fix broken dependencies:

$ sudo apt-get install -f

If it still doesn't work, try this to fix/reconfigure the existing, unpacked-but-not-yet-configured packages:

$ sudo dpkg --configure -a

Then try the upgrade again.

If it fails again, you may want to delete all the already- downloaded packages (they should be stored in /var/cache/apt/archives), do

$ sudo apt-get clean

That will clean up the packages but if you're still stuck in some weird state, I'm not sure what else to suggest.

$ sudo apt-get autoremove -y

That will remove any now obsolete packages.

Of course, before you do anything you should back up any important contents of your /home/dave directory (or whatever your $HOME directory is).

edited Sep 1 '16 at 11:30

flob

23328

answered Sep 17 '13 at 19:30

Lambart

1,8911624

edited Sep 1 '16 at 11:30

flob

23328

edited Sep 1 '16 at 11:30

flob

23328

edited Sep 1 '16 at 11:30

flob

23328

answered Sep 17 '13 at 19:30

Lambart

1,8911624

answered Sep 17 '13 at 19:30

Lambart

1,8911624

answered Sep 17 '13 at 19:30

Lambart

1,8911624

I did everything you wrote here. Thanks for the detailed advice! But I'm afraid the GUI-Software-Updater still fails. The only way I get him to do anything is via terminal, but that doesn't change my computer being stuck in some weird state.

– Dave
Sep 18 '13 at 14:08

Sure, sorry nothing worked. I found this thread yesterday which mentions a couple other angles. Maybe something in here? ubuntuforums.org/…

– Lambart
Sep 18 '13 at 17:12

Thank you very much for your help! Didn't give up and than, after a couple of trials in altering steps, I got it to work! Your code did fix the problem.

– Dave
Sep 19 '13 at 13:21

2

confirm that sudo apt-get install -f restarted dpkg for me. my upgrade was interrupted when network connection dropped. prob should use screen when upgrading remotely, which I thought ubuntu did at one point...

– lukewendling
Mar 9 '14 at 2:26

4

do-release-upgrade does start a screen session (with screen escape character ^space), but if the parent do-release-upgrade process dies, that might still kill the whole thing. Be careful about hitting ^c if you start a subshell to poke at a modified conffile, I ran into a problem with that: bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/…

– Peter Cordes
Jul 18 '14 at 3:18

|
show 2 more comments

I did everything you wrote here. Thanks for the detailed advice! But I'm afraid the GUI-Software-Updater still fails. The only way I get him to do anything is via terminal, but that doesn't change my computer being stuck in some weird state.

– Dave
Sep 18 '13 at 14:08

Sure, sorry nothing worked. I found this thread yesterday which mentions a couple other angles. Maybe something in here? ubuntuforums.org/…

– Lambart
Sep 18 '13 at 17:12

Thank you very much for your help! Didn't give up and than, after a couple of trials in altering steps, I got it to work! Your code did fix the problem.

– Dave
Sep 19 '13 at 13:21

2

confirm that sudo apt-get install -f restarted dpkg for me. my upgrade was interrupted when network connection dropped. prob should use screen when upgrading remotely, which I thought ubuntu did at one point...

– lukewendling
Mar 9 '14 at 2:26

4

do-release-upgrade does start a screen session (with screen escape character ^space), but if the parent do-release-upgrade process dies, that might still kill the whole thing. Be careful about hitting ^c if you start a subshell to poke at a modified conffile, I ran into a problem with that: bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/…

– Peter Cordes
Jul 18 '14 at 3:18

I did everything you wrote here. Thanks for the detailed advice! But I'm afraid the GUI-Software-Updater still fails. The only way I get him to do anything is via terminal, but that doesn't change my computer being stuck in some weird state.

– Dave
Sep 18 '13 at 14:08

Sure, sorry nothing worked. I found this thread yesterday which mentions a couple other angles. Maybe something in here? ubuntuforums.org/…

– Lambart
Sep 18 '13 at 17:12

Thank you very much for your help! Didn't give up and than, after a couple of trials in altering steps, I got it to work! Your code did fix the problem.

– Dave
Sep 19 '13 at 13:21

confirm that sudo apt-get install -f restarted dpkg for me. my upgrade was interrupted when network connection dropped. prob should use screen when upgrading remotely, which I thought ubuntu did at one point...

– lukewendling
Mar 9 '14 at 2:26

do-release-upgrade does start a screen session (with screen escape character ^space), but if the parent do-release-upgrade process dies, that might still kill the whole thing. Be careful about hitting ^c if you start a subshell to poke at a modified conffile, I ran into a problem with that: bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/…

– Peter Cordes
Jul 18 '14 at 3:18

|
show 2 more comments

edited May 2 '18 at 14:26

answered Sep 11 '14 at 3:06

flickerfly

4,87562043

5

Even the "do-release-upgrade" from 14.04LTS to 16.04LTS use screen

– Ivan Buttinoni
Mar 5 '17 at 22:35

2

Works on 17.10 -> 18.04 LTS!

– Preston Lee
May 15 '18 at 23:20

1

I was doing do-release-upgrade over x2go which was probably a bad idea, since remote screen packages get hosed in the process. This saved me.

– endolith
Aug 19 '18 at 3:05

add a comment |

edited May 2 '18 at 14:26

answered Sep 11 '14 at 3:06

flickerfly

4,87562043

5

Even the "do-release-upgrade" from 14.04LTS to 16.04LTS use screen

– Ivan Buttinoni
Mar 5 '17 at 22:35

2

Works on 17.10 -> 18.04 LTS!

– Preston Lee
May 15 '18 at 23:20

1

I was doing do-release-upgrade over x2go which was probably a bad idea, since remote screen packages get hosed in the process. This saved me.

– endolith
Aug 19 '18 at 3:05

add a comment |

edited May 2 '18 at 14:26

answered Sep 11 '14 at 3:06

flickerfly

4,87562043

edited May 2 '18 at 14:26

answered Sep 11 '14 at 3:06

flickerfly

4,87562043

edited May 2 '18 at 14:26

answered Sep 11 '14 at 3:06

flickerfly

4,87562043

answered Sep 11 '14 at 3:06

flickerfly

4,87562043

answered Sep 11 '14 at 3:06

flickerfly

4,87562043

5

Even the "do-release-upgrade" from 14.04LTS to 16.04LTS use screen

– Ivan Buttinoni
Mar 5 '17 at 22:35

2

Works on 17.10 -> 18.04 LTS!

– Preston Lee
May 15 '18 at 23:20

1

I was doing do-release-upgrade over x2go which was probably a bad idea, since remote screen packages get hosed in the process. This saved me.

– endolith
Aug 19 '18 at 3:05

add a comment |

5

Even the "do-release-upgrade" from 14.04LTS to 16.04LTS use screen

– Ivan Buttinoni
Mar 5 '17 at 22:35

2

Works on 17.10 -> 18.04 LTS!

– Preston Lee
May 15 '18 at 23:20

1

I was doing do-release-upgrade over x2go which was probably a bad idea, since remote screen packages get hosed in the process. This saved me.

– endolith
Aug 19 '18 at 3:05

Even the "do-release-upgrade" from 14.04LTS to 16.04LTS use screen

– Ivan Buttinoni
Mar 5 '17 at 22:35

Works on 17.10 -> 18.04 LTS!

– Preston Lee
May 15 '18 at 23:20

I was doing do-release-upgrade over x2go which was probably a bad idea, since remote screen packages get hosed in the process. This saved me.

– endolith
Aug 19 '18 at 3:05

add a comment |

$ sudo dpkg --configure -a

resumed the process and completed upgrade to 18.04 successfully.

answered Jan 13 at 18:13

SDQT

111

add a comment |

$ sudo dpkg --configure -a

resumed the process and completed upgrade to 18.04 successfully.

answered Jan 13 at 18:13

SDQT

111

add a comment |

$ sudo dpkg --configure -a

resumed the process and completed upgrade to 18.04 successfully.

answered Jan 13 at 18:13

SDQT

111

$ sudo dpkg --configure -a

resumed the process and completed upgrade to 18.04 successfully.

answered Jan 13 at 18:13

SDQT

111

answered Jan 13 at 18:13

SDQT

111

answered Jan 13 at 18:13

SDQT

111

answered Jan 13 at 18:13

SDQT

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