16.04 to 18.04 made my system unusable
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I have been working happily in Ubuntu 16.04. This morning, the update icon offered me an upgrade to 18.04.
Since I have upgraded several times before, without problem, I went ahead. Very soon, there were many, many alerts saying things failed. I could not get control back in the UI.
I was able to get a login shell by selecting a recovery kernel. However, no apt, apt-get, or dpkg commands work.
I downloaded an 18.04 iso file, with the idea of making a DVD and installing from that. Not sure if that's the best way to go, though.
At least I have my home directory.
How should I proceed?
apt upgrade
asked May 9 at 7:22
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I have been working happily in Ubuntu 16.04. This morning, the update icon offered me an upgrade to 18.04.
Since I have upgraded several times before, without problem, I went ahead. Very soon, there were many, many alerts saying things failed. I could not get control back in the UI.
I was able to get a login shell by selecting a recovery kernel. However, no apt, apt-get, or dpkg commands work.
I downloaded an 18.04 iso file, with the idea of making a DVD and installing from that. Not sure if that's the best way to go, though.
At least I have my home directory.
How should I proceed?
apt upgrade
asked May 9 at 7:22
davernator
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I would run a live cd and get all your files off onto a thumb drive or hard drive before anything else. Then a fresh install of 18.04 is the best. The direct upgrade is usually not recommended till the first point release. 18.04.1 which comes in July or August.
– walttheboss
May 9 at 7:24
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I hope they tell everyone this @walttheboss!
– George Udosen
May 9 at 7:32
Much appreciated, @walttheboss. I'm ashamed to admit I'm a bit confused by "running a live cd". Maybe I'm just a bit muddled from tangling with this all day. Is that just synonymous with booting off the .iso in its CD or DVD or USB incarnation?
– davernator
May 9 at 7:49
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And, @George Udosen, I hope that as well.
– davernator
May 9 at 15:46
1
Okay. 2 days later. Thanks to the excellent advice from @walttheboss and user535733, I am back up and running. Soooo ... FIRST, per advice, I saved my home directory (straightforward, but not trivial by any means due mainly to size ... wireless would stall after a while, so I had to use ethernet and an external hard drive). Then, with a DVD burned from an official Ubuntu 18.04 desktop .iso file, I started in on that clean install. Soon I was up and running. Just had to carefully tweak for chrome bookmarks etc. ... apt'd emacs, gcc, etc.. All seem to work, knock on wood. Thanks again, gang!
– davernator
May 11 at 14:52
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I have been working happily in Ubuntu 16.04. This morning, the update icon offered me an upgrade to 18.04.
Since I have upgraded several times before, without problem, I went ahead. Very soon, there were many, many alerts saying things failed. I could not get control back in the UI.
I was able to get a login shell by selecting a recovery kernel. However, no apt, apt-get, or dpkg commands work.
I downloaded an 18.04 iso file, with the idea of making a DVD and installing from that. Not sure if that's the best way to go, though.
At least I have my home directory.
How should I proceed?
apt upgrade
asked May 9 at 7:22
davernator
313
I have been working happily in Ubuntu 16.04. This morning, the update icon offered me an upgrade to 18.04.
Since I have upgraded several times before, without problem, I went ahead. Very soon, there were many, many alerts saying things failed. I could not get control back in the UI.
I was able to get a login shell by selecting a recovery kernel. However, no apt, apt-get, or dpkg commands work.
I downloaded an 18.04 iso file, with the idea of making a DVD and installing from that. Not sure if that's the best way to go, though.
At least I have my home directory.
How should I proceed?
apt upgrade
asked May 9 at 7:22
davernator
313
asked May 9 at 7:22
davernator
313
asked May 9 at 7:22
davernator
313
asked May 9 at 7:22
davernator
313
313
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I would run a live cd and get all your files off onto a thumb drive or hard drive before anything else. Then a fresh install of 18.04 is the best. The direct upgrade is usually not recommended till the first point release. 18.04.1 which comes in July or August.
– walttheboss
May 9 at 7:24
1
I hope they tell everyone this @walttheboss!
– George Udosen
May 9 at 7:32
Much appreciated, @walttheboss. I'm ashamed to admit I'm a bit confused by "running a live cd". Maybe I'm just a bit muddled from tangling with this all day. Is that just synonymous with booting off the .iso in its CD or DVD or USB incarnation?
– davernator
May 9 at 7:49
1
And, @George Udosen, I hope that as well.
– davernator
May 9 at 15:46
1
Okay. 2 days later. Thanks to the excellent advice from @walttheboss and user535733, I am back up and running. Soooo ... FIRST, per advice, I saved my home directory (straightforward, but not trivial by any means due mainly to size ... wireless would stall after a while, so I had to use ethernet and an external hard drive). Then, with a DVD burned from an official Ubuntu 18.04 desktop .iso file, I started in on that clean install. Soon I was up and running. Just had to carefully tweak for chrome bookmarks etc. ... apt'd emacs, gcc, etc.. All seem to work, knock on wood. Thanks again, gang!
– davernator
May 11 at 14:52
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show 3 more comments
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I would run a live cd and get all your files off onto a thumb drive or hard drive before anything else. Then a fresh install of 18.04 is the best. The direct upgrade is usually not recommended till the first point release. 18.04.1 which comes in July or August.
– walttheboss
May 9 at 7:24
1
I hope they tell everyone this @walttheboss!
– George Udosen
May 9 at 7:32
Much appreciated, @walttheboss. I'm ashamed to admit I'm a bit confused by "running a live cd". Maybe I'm just a bit muddled from tangling with this all day. Is that just synonymous with booting off the .iso in its CD or DVD or USB incarnation?
– davernator
May 9 at 7:49
1
And, @George Udosen, I hope that as well.
– davernator
May 9 at 15:46
1
Okay. 2 days later. Thanks to the excellent advice from @walttheboss and user535733, I am back up and running. Soooo ... FIRST, per advice, I saved my home directory (straightforward, but not trivial by any means due mainly to size ... wireless would stall after a while, so I had to use ethernet and an external hard drive). Then, with a DVD burned from an official Ubuntu 18.04 desktop .iso file, I started in on that clean install. Soon I was up and running. Just had to carefully tweak for chrome bookmarks etc. ... apt'd emacs, gcc, etc.. All seem to work, knock on wood. Thanks again, gang!
– davernator
May 11 at 14:52
2
2
I would run a live cd and get all your files off onto a thumb drive or hard drive before anything else. Then a fresh install of 18.04 is the best. The direct upgrade is usually not recommended till the first point release. 18.04.1 which comes in July or August.
– walttheboss
May 9 at 7:24
I would run a live cd and get all your files off onto a thumb drive or hard drive before anything else. Then a fresh install of 18.04 is the best. The direct upgrade is usually not recommended till the first point release. 18.04.1 which comes in July or August.
– walttheboss
May 9 at 7:24
1
1
I hope they tell everyone this @walttheboss!
– George Udosen
May 9 at 7:32
I hope they tell everyone this @walttheboss!
– George Udosen
May 9 at 7:32
Much appreciated, @walttheboss. I'm ashamed to admit I'm a bit confused by "running a live cd". Maybe I'm just a bit muddled from tangling with this all day. Is that just synonymous with booting off the .iso in its CD or DVD or USB incarnation?
– davernator
May 9 at 7:49
Much appreciated, @walttheboss. I'm ashamed to admit I'm a bit confused by "running a live cd". Maybe I'm just a bit muddled from tangling with this all day. Is that just synonymous with booting off the .iso in its CD or DVD or USB incarnation?
– davernator
May 9 at 7:49
1
1
And, @George Udosen, I hope that as well.
– davernator
May 9 at 15:46
And, @George Udosen, I hope that as well.
– davernator
May 9 at 15:46
1
1
Okay. 2 days later. Thanks to the excellent advice from @walttheboss and user535733, I am back up and running. Soooo ... FIRST, per advice, I saved my home directory (straightforward, but not trivial by any means due mainly to size ... wireless would stall after a while, so I had to use ethernet and an external hard drive). Then, with a DVD burned from an official Ubuntu 18.04 desktop .iso file, I started in on that clean install. Soon I was up and running. Just had to carefully tweak for chrome bookmarks etc. ... apt'd emacs, gcc, etc.. All seem to work, knock on wood. Thanks again, gang!
– davernator
May 11 at 14:52
Okay. 2 days later. Thanks to the excellent advice from @walttheboss and user535733, I am back up and running. Soooo ... FIRST, per advice, I saved my home directory (straightforward, but not trivial by any means due mainly to size ... wireless would stall after a while, so I had to use ethernet and an external hard drive). Then, with a DVD burned from an official Ubuntu 18.04 desktop .iso file, I started in on that clean install. Soon I was up and running. Just had to carefully tweak for chrome bookmarks etc. ... apt'd emacs, gcc, etc.. All seem to work, knock on wood. Thanks again, gang!
– davernator
May 11 at 14:52
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I would run a live cd and get all your files off onto a thumb drive or hard drive before anything else. Then a fresh install of 18.04 is the best. The direct upgrade is usually not recommended till the first point release. 18.04.1 which comes in July or August.
– walttheboss
May 9 at 7:24
1
I hope they tell everyone this @walttheboss!
– George Udosen
May 9 at 7:32
Much appreciated, @walttheboss. I'm ashamed to admit I'm a bit confused by "running a live cd". Maybe I'm just a bit muddled from tangling with this all day. Is that just synonymous with booting off the .iso in its CD or DVD or USB incarnation?
– davernator
May 9 at 7:49
1
And, @George Udosen, I hope that as well.
– davernator
May 9 at 15:46
1
Okay. 2 days later. Thanks to the excellent advice from @walttheboss and user535733, I am back up and running. Soooo ... FIRST, per advice, I saved my home directory (straightforward, but not trivial by any means due mainly to size ... wireless would stall after a while, so I had to use ethernet and an external hard drive). Then, with a DVD burned from an official Ubuntu 18.04 desktop .iso file, I started in on that clean install. Soon I was up and running. Just had to carefully tweak for chrome bookmarks etc. ... apt'd emacs, gcc, etc.. All seem to work, knock on wood. Thanks again, gang!
– davernator
May 11 at 14:52