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Newbie: tried to upgrade 15.01->16.04, failed, wrecked boot sector; now it boots to a black screen. Help
I had Ubuntu 15.10 LTS running OK on a single OS (no Windows partition) Dell Inspiron 5559 with UEFI boot sector. Needed to upgrade to run newer software (Google Meet in Firefox).
Tried to start the ...
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Not able to upgrade ubuntu version 15.10 to 16.04
First of all I am trying to upgrade php version 7.0 to 7.1 in ubuntu 15.10 and I asked the question but community closed my question and asked me upgrade ubunuu version so I asked this new question.
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How to protect mysql-server when upgrading ubuntu?
Straight-forward. How do I block upgrading MySQL Server when upgrading Ubuntu from 15.10 to 16.04.3.
Before starting, I held onto various MySQL-5.6 packages with apt-mark hold <pack>. Then, I ...
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Can't upgrade from 15.10 to 16.04 LTS
When I try to upgrade to 16.04 by running...
sudo do-release-upgrade
...I see a lot of messages about broken items, starting with libnss3-nssdb...
Investigating (0) libnss3-nssdb [ amd64 ] < 2:...
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Ubuntu 15.04 to 16.04 Migration (skip 15.10) [duplicate]
Regrettably now I've been working with a 15.04 build for awhile, all changes and services are working perfectly and I'd hate to start fresh and rebuild them from scratch.
It appears that I can no ...
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Upgrading Ubuntu 15.04 [to 16.04] [closed]
I've been trying to update my 15.04 machine to a more recent version, considering 15.04 is no longer supported.
The usual do-release-upgrade did not work. It showed that there is an update available (...
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How do I get Ubuntu 16.04 from Ubuntu 15.10? [duplicate]
I was following the instructions on here https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-upgrade-to-ubuntu-16-04-lts but every time I do sudo apt-get update, I run into a message that ends ...
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Remove old-release files after upgrade
I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 15.10 to 16.04. Since I did not do a fresh install, i suspect that there are some system files/packages/repositories related to 15.10 still present in new release.
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problem - upgrade 15.10 to 16.04 , 404 not found
It is my first question on this website. I am newbie, I am using dual boot on my dell laptop with windows 10 and ubuntu 15.10. I want my Ubuntu 15.10 upgraded to 16.04. Currently, I can do sudo apt-...
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Upgrade from 15.10 to 16.04 - "no new release found" [duplicate]
I have Ubuntu 15.10 installed. I want to upgrade to 16.04. The option to do this does not show up in software updater. When I ran do-release-upgrade -cd it returns No new release found.
So I ...
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Will I lose the installed software on Ubuntu 15.10 if I upgrade to 16.04
I am currently using Ubuntu 15.10
I will be upgrading to ubuntu 16.04, Since I have a lot of software installed, after upgrading will I lose all of them?
If so is there a way to backup all these ...
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Can't upgrade to 16.04 from 15.10
I just started following this digitalocean article and did every step until the do-release-upgrade part.
However I get
Checking for a new Ubuntu release
No new release found
I've tried sudo do-...
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Should a faulty Ubuntu 15.10 system be 'upgrade'd to 16.04 or 'erase and reinstall'ed?
I interrupted a routine software update that was hanging, and as a result my Ubuntu 15.10 has lost a lot of general system functionality, e.g. it will no longer write files to USBs, play sounds or ...
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How to upgrade from vivid? Where is the repository for vivid? [duplicate]
Edit: This is not a duplicate question.
The vivid folders in http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/ are simply not there.
I understand that this is not directly supported, but I want to upgrade ...
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Will a second Ubuntu version overwrite GRUB?
On my drive there are 2 operating systems (2 of which are usable):
- Ubuntu 15.10 (now EOL)
- Windows 10 (pre-Ubuntu, now broken to all extent)
I want to install Ubuntu 16.04 on a separate swap and ...
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Python broken after 15.10 to 16.04 upgrade
After doing an upgrade from 15.10 to 16.04, my Python packages seem broken. Looks like a compilation error for python-minimal.
me@me:/etc/apt/sources.list.d$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package ...
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Kubuntu upgrade from 15.10 to 16.04 failed
Some time ago I triggered upgrade from Kubuntu 15.10 to 16.04 and it failed (I forgot why and with what message). When I issued sudo do-release-upgrade it failed with message:
E: The value 'wily' is ...
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trying to upgrade from 15.10 to 16.04 but I got error
I tried to do it but I got these massages which are
and also
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upgrading to ubuntu 16.04
Hello every one I want to upgrade my ubuntu os from 15.10 to 16.04 but the thing is that when it just starts upgrading it shows this massage 'apt (>= 1.0.10.2ubuntu2)` what the problem is can you help ...
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Upgrading Ubuntu 15.10 to Xenial Xerus
I currently have Ubuntu 15.10 and I want to upgrade that to Xenial Xerus ( 16.04 LTS ),
I invoked this in terminal :
update-manager -d
but when the windows pops out and it downloads some files from ...
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16.04 upgrade from 15.10 pkgs being removed instead of upgraded
Trying to upgrade twice now, but failed:
An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.
This can be caused by: * Upgrading to a pre-release version of
Ubuntu * Running the current ...
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Why does do-release-upgrade try to upgrade my system to 15.10, and how to I make it upgrade to 16.04?
I'm currently using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, and I decided it was a good time to update to the latest version. However, if I run
sudo do-release-upgrade
The program starts downloading Wily Werewolf (15.10) ...
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Upgrade from ubuntu 15.10 to 16.04 is stuck
I have been running the upgrade from 15.10 to 16.04 for 10 hours now and it is stuck on the following screen:
Also, I can not open the terminal to with the small arrow to see what is going on. Any ...
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Interrupted upgrade from 15.10 to 16.04, Ubuntu boots into black screen
What happened
I was working on my laptop while it upgraded from 15.10 to 16.04 (which I admit was a mistake) when suddenly the Unity overlay disappeared and the only thing on screen was the Firefox ...
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Can't upgrade from 15.10 to 16.04
I am running into some trouble with this upgrade, I ran a "do-release-upgrade" and I guess that I wasn't paying attention and the system went from ubuntu 14.04 to 15.10 instead of 14.04 to 16.04. ...
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upgrading from 15.10 to 16.04 apt not installed
When trying to upgrade using the terminal, my upgrade stops. This is the line showing in the terminal:
The required dependency 'apt(>=1.0.10.2 ubuntu2)' is not installed.
my problem is that I don'...
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Kubuntu 16.04 failed upgrade (problem with xserver-xorg-video-all?) [duplicate]
I'm trying to upgrade my Kubuntu Wily 15.10 computer but it fails.
I'm doing this:
$ sudo do-release-upgrade -m desktop
This is what I get:
Calculating the changes
Could not calculate the upgrade ...
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Can't upgrade to 16.04 LTS from 15.10
So I'm attempting to upgrade to 16.04 LTS on my 15.10 machine and it doesn't seem to recognize that the upgrade is available. Are there any suggestions where to start investigating this issue? So far ...
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Will a new 16.04 installation overwrite a failed 15.10 upgrade?
I attempted to upgrade from 15.10 to 16.04 last night - it appeared to hit a point in installation where it started to hang then froze/failed overnight. I bought the laptop originally with Windows 7 ...
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Lost wifi after 16.04 LTS upgrade (from Ubuntu 15.10)
I'm an Ubuntu newbie, i have an Acer Aspire ES1-520 . Everything was working fine until some days ago when i've accepted to upgrade to 16.04 LTS (64x). Now i cannot use wifi. Is there a way to come ...
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Problem "upgrading" from Xenial to Wily
A week or so ago I decided to do the usual weekly upgrade to my Wily Werewolf 15.10, but this time it asked "would you like to upgrade to 16.04 Xenial?"
Sure. Why not? Hey, finally an new LTS! It was ...
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Upgrade from 15.10 to 16.04 hangs
I am currently upgrading from 15.10 to 16.04 and the upgrader hangs in a situation you can see in the screenshot
The text in the lower window means "gconf2" could not be installed. The Upgrade will ...
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problem trying release upgrade Ubuntu 15.10 to 16.04
When I was updating to have the new version I had many problems, I did the update but in the process the computer turn off and reboot and gave me problems like:
stopped getty on tty1
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a ...
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Infinite login loop after upgrading from 15.10 to 16.04
I got infinite login loop after upgraded from 15.10 to 16.04. I have a dell 8700 desktop with Nvidia GTX 960 video card. I have tried nvidia-361 or nvidia-364, both have the same problem.
I have to ...
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Should I upgrade to 16.04LTS from 15.10? [closed]
I am currently running Ubuntu 15.10 and I am considering upgrading to 16.04LTS when it is released.
I have lots of stuff on 15.10 that I don't want to lose, so I would prefer not to do a clean install ...
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Tried to upgrade from 14.04 to 15.10, accidentally upgraded to 16.04
There is no desktop, and none of the solutions I'm finding online seem to work. ('sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop', they all have dependencies which can't be installed)
I'd like to "roll-back" to ...
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