[TriLUG] Ubuntu 18.04 upgrade problem

[Bill Weinel via TriLUG]

The following has always worked for me in instances like you describe:

# first to recover from a failed update/upgrade
sudo dpkg --configure -a
# then to get the latest and install all
sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade

As always, I recommend having a good system backup image prior to performing 
any system updates.

Cheers,
Bill


On Monday, April 15, 2019 5:19:03 PM EDT Pete Soper via TriLUG wrote:
> How do I undo whatever has tricked my system into thinking it has the
> necessary local files to do the upgrade below? Seems if I can somehow
> force the upgrade to go back out for the pieces and parts I'll have a
> chance of working around this. This was a side effect of a periodic
> "apt-get update;apt-get upgrade" or the equivalent by software updater.