Public bug reported: I am presented with this.
"An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade. This was likely caused by: * Unofficial software packages not provided by Ubuntu Please use the tool 'ppa-purge' from the ppa-purge package to remove software from a Launchpad PPA and try the upgrade again. If none of this applies, then please report this bug using the command 'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal. If you want to investigate this yourself the log files in '/var/log/dist-upgrade' will contain details about the upgrade. Specifically, look at 'main.log' and 'apt.log'." ppa-purge is a command with "mandatory options" and I do not know what they are, and the upgrade error message does not tell me either. Therefore, I am stuck. I do not know how to find those options, etc, if there is a mechanical process for doing so, I think it would be super- excellent to, uh, mechanize the invocation of ppa-purge. And if that is actually not a safe thing to do, do you think it is wise to hand it off to this ignorant primate instead? I see here that maybe I could get more information at http://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/ -- a little too late to put that here, after all the time I put into creating an account etc, if that's is such a great idea, PUT IT IN THE ERROR MESSAGE INSTEAD. Each hurdle between me and my goal raises my blood pressure and makes me think snarky thoughts about Linux and its developers. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 2:18.04.38 [origin: unknown] Uname: Linux 4.9.230-76 aarch64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.23 Architecture: arm64 CrashDB: ubuntu CurrentDesktop: MATE Date: Mon Mar 15 21:51:47 2021 PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2021-03-15 (0 days ago) VarLogDistupgradeLspcitxt: VarLogDistupgradeTermlog: ** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug arm64 bionic dist-upgrade third-party-packages -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1919256 Title: Upgrade failure does not provide adequate next-step info To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1919256/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
