Well, the system was in an inconsistent state after the attempted upgrade from 14.04 to 16.04.
I ran some combination of sudo apt-get update –fix-missing sudo dpkg –configure -a sudo apt-get install -f which prompted me with "Yes, do as I say" and appears to have removed many packages. Luckily, I could boot up an old kernel in upstart mode. After troubleshooting apt dependencies, I used dpkg to install the gcc-5-base, libc6 and libstc++6. Was able to install apt subsequently, been cleaning up inconsistencies including apt-key which was corrupted. Now booting with systemd, latest kernel 4.4.0-75-generic, the distro shows as as 16.04. Didn't keep an exact log, was in a bit of a hurry, live and learn! Ubuntu is quite stable, it's been my main platform since Breezy and has come a long way, thanks! But now and again I miss not having Canonical support. Only run two desktops, seems you don't support individual users anymore, is that true? On 26/04/17 15:59, Joshua Powers wrote: >> I completed the upgrade by installing several packages >> manually including apt, gcc-5-base, libc6, and libstdc++6. > Interesting... how did you narrow it down to those? and apt?! > >> Seems to work fine now, but I thought I'd file with you all the errors > Good to hear, still interested in root cause of course. > >> For sake of completeness, I do file when I think there are possible >> bugs, this is probably not one of them. > That is 100% fine, please do not be discouraged from filing more in the > future. If anything someone else will come by this in the future and see > your resolution. > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1686184 Title: package mysql-server-5.7 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 127 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mysql-5.7/+bug/1686184/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
