Yesterday I started the upgrade from 12.10 to 13.04, but I interrupted it because it was taking too long. Now if I restart it, it doesn't proceed.
Is there any possibility to clean the mess it left when I interrupted it and make a clean restart of this update?
Best Answer
Try these steps, from the command line:
Fix broken dependencies:
If it still doesn't work, try this to fix/reconfigure the existing, unpacked-but-not-yet-configured packages:
Then try the upgrade again.
If it fails again, you may want to delete all the already- downloaded packages (they should be stored in
/var/cache/apt/archives
), doThat will clean up the packages but if you're still stuck in some weird state, I'm not sure what else to suggest.
That will remove any now obsolete packages.
Of course, before you do anything you should back up any important contents of your
/home/dave
directory (or whatever your$HOME
directory is).