Public bug reported: pmartine@starship:~$ sudo apt install update-manager-core Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done update-manager-core is already the newest version (1:16.04.13). 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. pmartine@starship:~$ sudo do-release-upgrade Checking for a new Ubuntu release Get:1 Upgrade tool signature [819 B] Get:2 Upgrade tool [1 258 kB] Fetched 1 258 kB in 0s (0 B/s) authenticate 'bionic.tar.gz' against 'bionic.tar.gz.gpg' extracting 'bionic.tar.gz'
Reading cache Checking package manager Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Hit http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease Hit http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian xenial InRelease Hit http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease Hit http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease Hit http://packages.ros.org/ros/ubuntu xenial InRelease Fetched 0 B in 0s (0 B/s) AppStream cache update completed, but some metadata was ignored due to errors. Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Updating repository information Third party sources disabled Some third party entries in your sources.list were disabled. You can re-enable them after the upgrade with the 'software-properties' tool or your package manager. To continue please press [ENTER] Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [83,2 kB] Get:2 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease [242 kB] Get:3 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [88,7 kB] Get:4 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease [74,6 kB] Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 Packages [158 kB] Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main i386 Packages [127 kB] Get:7 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main Translation-en [60,5 kB] Get:8 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [204 B] Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons [29 B] Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe amd64 Packages [56,9 kB] Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe i386 Packages [56,7 kB] Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe Translation-en [33,4 kB] Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [6 820 B] Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [11,3 kB] Get:15 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/multiverse amd64 Packages [1 444 B] Get:16 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/multiverse i386 Packages [1 608 B] Get:17 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/multiverse Translation-en [996 B] Get:18 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages [1 019 kB] Get:19 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main i386 Packages [1 007 kB] Get:20 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main Translation-en [516 kB] Get:21 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [477 kB] Get:22 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons [245 kB] Get:23 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/restricted amd64 Packages [9 184 B] Get:24 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/restricted i386 Packages [9 156 B] Get:25 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/restricted Translation-en [3 584 B] Get:26 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages [8 570 kB] Get:27 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages [8 531 kB] Get:28 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe Translation-en [4 941 kB] Get:29 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [3 287 kB] Get:30 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [8 420 kB] Get:31 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/multiverse amd64 Packages [151 kB] Get:32 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/multiverse i386 Packages [144 kB] Get:33 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/multiverse Translation-en [108 kB] Get:34 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [49,7 kB] Get:35 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/multiverse DEP-11 64x64 Icons [225 kB] Get:36 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages [303 kB] Get:37 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main i386 Packages [271 kB] Get:38 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main Translation-en [114 kB] Get:39 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [138 kB] Get:40 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons [53,7 kB] Get:41 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64 Packages [172 kB] Get:42 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe i386 Packages [172 kB] Get:43 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe Translation-en [79,8 kB] Get:44 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [153 kB] Get:45 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [258 kB] Get:46 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages [3 772 B] Get:47 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [3 928 B] Get:48 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse Translation-en [2 376 B] Get:49 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [2 468 B] Get:50 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse DEP-11 64x64 Icons [2 638 B] Get:51 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports/universe amd64 Packages [2 704 B] Get:52 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports/universe i386 Packages [2 704 B] Get:53 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports/universe Translation-en [1 136 B] Get:54 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [5 100 B] Get:55 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [1 789 B] Fetched 40,5 MB in 6s (0 B/s) (appstreamcli:28627): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_strchug: assertion 'string != NULL' failed (appstreamcli:28627): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_strchomp: assertion 'string != NULL' failed (appstreamcli:28627): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_strchug: assertion 'string != NULL' failed (appstreamcli:28627): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_strchomp: assertion 'string != NULL' failed (appstreamcli:28627): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_strchug: assertion 'string != NULL' failed (appstreamcli:28627): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_strchomp: assertion 'string != NULL' failed AppStream cache update completed, but some metadata was ignored due to errors. Checking package manager Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating the changes Calculating the changes Could not calculate the upgrade An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade. This can be caused by: * Upgrading to a pre-release version of Ubuntu * Running the current pre-release version of Ubuntu * Unofficial software packages not provided by Ubuntu If none of this applies, then please report this bug using the command 'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal. Restoring original system state Aborting Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.25 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-32.35~16.04.1-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-32-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18 Architecture: amd64 CrashDB: ubuntu CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Aug 27 16:06:53 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-12-01 (269 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2018-08-27 (0 days ago) ** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1789219 Title: cant upgrade from 16.04 to 18.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1789219/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs