Can't update to Ubuntu MATE 16.04.1 LTS

Arnaud_Bordes · 2 October 2016 08:17

Hello,

I have a dual boot ubuntu mate / windows and can’t do a distro upgrade to Ubuntu MATE 16.04.1 LTS for 64-bit systems.

I have Ubuntu 15.10 wily and did “sudo do-release-upgrade” but I obtain this error message :

.....
xul-ext-calendar-timezones 
xul-ext-torbirdy 
yelp 
yelp-xsl 
zbar-tools 
zeitgeist-core 
zenity 
zenity-common 

Restoring original system state

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

and now I have also this error message :

sudo do-release-upgrade
Checking for a new Ubuntu release
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/do-release-upgrade", line 125, in <module>
    useProposed=options.proposed_release)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/UpdateManager/Core/MetaRelease.py", line 98, in __init__
    cache = apt.Cache()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 113, in __init__
    self.open(progress)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 164, in open
    self._cache = apt_pkg.Cache(progress)
SystemError: E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ppa.launchpad.net_haecker-felix_gradio-daily_ubuntu_dists_xenial_main_i18n_Translation-en, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

anon42388993 · 2 October 2016 08:43

ppa.launchpad.net_haecker-felix

Disable this ppa and try again.

Arnaud_Bordes · 2 October 2016 09:15

thanks v3xx, I disabled the ppa and get rid off the last message error, but I still have the first one :

"
Restoring original system state

Aborting
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
"

Arnaud_Bordes · 2 October 2016 09:18

do you think I can try an upgrade from a bootable usb key with Ubuntu MATE 16.04.1 LTS on it ?

anon42388993 · 2 October 2016 15:25

That is the only error you have posted

Run a standard update/upgrade

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Any errors there?

Also please post the output of:

cat /etc/apt/sources.list && ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list

Arnaud_Bordes · 3 October 2016 12:53

hello,

when I run a standard update

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

I have these errors :

Err http://download.opensuse.org ./ Sources
404 Not Found
Err http://download.opensuse.org ./ Packages
404 Not Found
Ign http://download.opensuse.org ./ Translation-en_US
Ign http://download.opensuse.org ./ Translation-en
Get:124 http://ppa.launchpad.net wily InRelease [15,4 kB]
Err http://download.opensuse.org ./ Sources
404 Not Found
Err http://download.opensuse.org ./ Packages
404 Not Found

I am not posting all of them...

and the output of :

cat /etc/apt/sources.list && ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list

is http://www.cjoint.com/c/FJdmFUMzF7F

anon42388993 · 3 October 2016 19:15

Ok you need to remove opensuse.org from your sources list.

Something went wrong with the second command, that can’t be the output, it is quite long. Maybe you did not use copy and paste.

It can be broken up into two commands:

cat /etc/apt/sources.list

ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list

If you still get nothing more from that, please post the following results:

ls /etc/apt

Arnaud_Bordes · 4 October 2016 15:50

so I ran

gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

to remove opensuse.org.

Then I did

cat /etc/apt/sources.list and obtained :

http://www.cjoint.com/c/FJepDVTSMIQ

then :

ls /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list

and the result is :
http://www.cjoint.com/c/FJepFRhzNkQ

but when I do > sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade I still have lots of errors. Do these errors prevent me to do a system upgrade ? Or is it another problem ?

thanks,

anon42388993 · 4 October 2016 18:41

Yes, this stops the upgrade. I guess you have not posted all the errors. All errors must be repaired to upgrade.

Are you using all those ppa's? That really needs to be cleaned up.

You should consider a fresh install.

Please post all update/upgrade errors thank you.

Arnaud_Bordes · 7 October 2016 09:39

sorry for the late reply v3xx, I will try to repair these errors as soon as I have time. Work keeps me busy…thanks.

Arnaud_Bordes · 8 October 2016 13:58

so I cleaned my ppas and still have these errors when I do "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade"

W: GPG error: http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 13B00F1FD2C19886
W: GPG error: http://archive.canonical.com wily InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 40976EAF437D05B5 NO_PUBKEY 3B4FE6ACC0B21F32
W: GPG error: http://linux.dropbox.com wily Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY FC918B335044912E
W: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com wily InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 40976EAF437D05B5 NO_PUBKEY 3B4FE6ACC0B21F32
W: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 40976EAF437D05B5 NO_PUBKEY 3B4FE6ACC0B21F32
W: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 40976EAF437D05B5 NO_PUBKEY 3B4FE6ACC0B21F32
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

Arnaud_Bordes · 8 October 2016 15:03

and if I try to do an update through the software updater I obtain this :

anon42388993 · 8 October 2016 15:18

Run these commands and post back.

sudo apt-get clean

cd /var/lib/apt 
sudo mv lists lists.old 
sudo mkdir -p lists/partial
sudo apt-get update

Arnaud_Bordes · 8 October 2016 16:37

so I ran your commands but when running

sudo mv lists lists.old

I obtain :

sudo mv lists lists.old
mv: cannot move ‘lists’ to ‘lists.old/lists’: Directory not empty

and after running

sudo apt-get update

I have these errors, I am publishing ALL of them below :

W: GPG error: http://linux.dropbox.com wily Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY FC918B335044912E
W: GPG error: http://repository.spotify.com stable InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 13B00F1FD2C19886
W: GPG error: http://archive.canonical.com wily InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 40976EAF437D05B5 NO_PUBKEY 3B4FE6ACC0B21F32
W: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com wily InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 40976EAF437D05B5 NO_PUBKEY 3B4FE6ACC0B21F32
W: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-updates InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 40976EAF437D05B5 NO_PUBKEY 3B4FE6ACC0B21F32
W: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com wily-backports InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 40976EAF437D05B5 NO_PUBKEY 3B4FE6ACC0B21F32

Arnaud_Bordes · 10 October 2016 19:46

hello,

so what I did to force the upgrade to xenial is :

I created the file

/etc/update-manager/release-upgrades.d/unauth.cfg

then added

[Distro]
AllowUnauthenticated=yes

then successfully upgraded

then deleted

/etc/update-manager/release-upgrades.d/unauth.cfg

thank you v3xx for your help,