Ubuntu
update-manager package

Upgrade from Wily to Xenial failed : "Could not install gconf2"

Bug #1575126 reported by Adrian Wilkins
36
This bug affects 8 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
update-manager (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Used the GUI to upgrade from Wily to Xenial.

Upgrade process stops with a dialog saying

---

Could not install 'gconf2'

The upgrade will continue but the 'gconf2' package may not be in a working state. Please consider submitting a bug report about it.

dependency problems - leaving triggers unprocessed

---

Closing this results it in opening again in an infinite loop.

Looks like it may be a regression of any of #961582, #1162124, #1165172

Have enclosed contents of /var/log/dist-upgrade, will then kill process and try manually fixing with

sudo apt-get -f install

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

See original description
Revision history for this message
Adrian Wilkins (adrian-wilkins) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Adrian Wilkins (adrian-wilkins) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Adrian Wilkins (adrian-wilkins) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Adrian Wilkins (adrian-wilkins) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Adrian Wilkins (adrian-wilkins) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Adrian Wilkins (adrian-wilkins) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Adrian Wilkins (adrian-wilkins) wrote :

Tried

apt-get -f install

Insisted I first ran

dpkg --configure -a

Ends with

dpkg: ../../src/packages.c:245: process_queue: Assertion `dependtry <= 4' failed.

Trying again returns (enclosed error log - dpkg-fail.txt).

Will now attempt reboot and recovery prompt.

description: updated
summary: - Upgrade from Xenial to Wily failed : "Could not install gconf2"
+ Upgrade from Wily to Xenial failed : "Could not install gconf2"
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Micha Rosenbaum (rosenbaum) wrote :

This seems to be similar or the same to bug #1551623

To post a comment you must log in.
This report contains Public information  
Everyone can see this information.
Subscribing...

Other bug subscribers

Remote bug watches

Bug watches keep track of this bug in other bug trackers.