Ubuntu – Can’t run apt-get upgrade – Getting stuck in reading logs

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I'm trying to run an apt-get upgrade (after first running apt-get update), but my Ubuntu 12.04 server isn't completeing the upgrade process. It asks me if I want to upgrade 6 available packages, then it says it's reading the logs, and then I believe nano opens and shows the following:


Get:1 Changelog for base-files (http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/b/base-files/base-files_6.5ubuntu6.4/changelog) [78.4 kB]
base-files (6.5ubuntu6.4) precise; urgency=low

  • Mark /etc/os-release as a conffile, and migrate it in the preinst
    for the benefit of people who tested the previous precise version

    — Adam Conrad Tue, 23 Oct 2012 22:52:07 +0100

base-files (6.5ubuntu6.3) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  • Install /etc/os-release. LP: #947236.

    — Matthias Klose Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:36:33 +0200

Get:1 Changelog for libudev0 (http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/u/udev/udev_175-0ubuntu9.2/changelog) [156 kB]
udev (175-0ubuntu9.2) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  • Add persistent-input-symlinks-iface00.patch: Fix persistent input symlinks
    for interface 00. Thanks to a7x for pointing this out! (LP: #1057824)

    — Martin Pitt Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:17:05 +0200

/tmp/tmpU6dn1w (END)


I can only exit out of that using control-c, and once I'm back where I can enter commands I can type text but nothing shows on the screen. The commands work, I just can't see anything. Once I end the SSH connection and then re-connect it shows I have those same 6 packages available.

The 6 packages it shows that are available are:

base-files 6.5ubuntu6.4
libgudev-1.0-0 1:175-0ubuntu9.2
libgudev-1.0-0:i386 1:175-0ubuntu9.2
libudev0 175-0ubuntu9.2
libudev0:i386 175-0ubuntu9.2
udev 175-0ubuntu9.2

Any ideas on why the upgrade isn't working properly?

Best Answer

Kris, thanks for following up with yourself. Ran into the same issue.

To make it simple, for anyone with this exact issue, run in terminal:

sudo apt-get remove apt-listchanges
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