Errors When Updating from Ubuntu Server 14.04 to 14.10

[thanksajdotcom]

Ok, so dpkg seems to be the issue, specifically when it tries to run a dpkg --configure on some packages. I am trying updating again but via aptitude now. I don't know if it will make any difference, but here is the link I found:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/ubuntu-'dpkg-configure-a'-e-dpkg-was-interrupted-error-695895/

"sudo aptitude safe-upgrade" is the command I'm running, which appears to do the same as apt-get upgrade. We'll see if it works. I'll keep you posted, but I am basically unable to install, update or remove any packages at this point via apt-get.

[thanksajdotcom]

This is what I'm getting, as the packages with issues.

dpkg: error processing package friendly-recovery (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 pertino-client
 initscripts
 upstart-bin
 upstart
 friendly-recovery

[scottalanmiller]

Try removing Pertino before updating.

[thanksajdotcom]

@scottalanmiller said:

Try removing Pertino before updating.

I can't remove anything. I tried doing an

 apt-get purge initscripts upstart-bin upstart friendly-recovery

I figured if things were hosed on those items, I'd rip and reinstall. As the text started flying, I noticed it removing things like mysql-server and the like. All I could think was "oh shit!" because now my Wordpress is hosed, and I can't take a backup of my MySQL databases because running

 mysql -u root -p 

generates an error and so I am stuck in limbo with my MySQL. I checked my backups on my UEB and I have good backups so I'm restoring from the 19th and hopefully that'll roll back all these changes and I can get a fresh slate.

[thanksajdotcom]

Used my Unitrends UEB to do a restore from last Thursday, the day before all this madness started, and rebooted. Running an

apt-get upgrade

now and it's going through. Going to run

apt-get dist-upgrade

now and that should upgrade me to 14.10.

[thanksajdotcom]

So package management is working again.

Following the CLI tutorial found here:
http://www.noobslab.com/2014/10/how-to-upgrade-from-any-ubuntu-version.html

It's going through the upgrade now.

[scottalanmiller]

Any idea what broke?

[thanksajdotcom]

@scottalanmiller said:

Any idea what broke?

Yup, because the issue just happened again. Something about updating to 14.10 breaks it...

root@thanksaj:/home/aj# do-release-upgrade -d
Checking for a new Ubuntu release
Get:1 Upgrade tool signature [198 B]
Get:2 Upgrade tool [1,147 kB]
Fetched 1,148 kB in 0s (0 B/s)
authenticate 'utopic.tar.gz' against 'utopic.tar.gz.gpg'
extracting 'utopic.tar.gz'

dpkg: error processing package friendly-recovery (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-10ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.103ubuntu8) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-37-generic
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
grub-common
grub-pc-bin
initscripts
grub-pc
grub2-common
upstart-bin
upstart
friendly-recovery

Upgrade complete

The upgrade has completed but there were errors during the upgrade
process.

Just got that...

[thanksajdotcom]

Going to restore back to Thursday again. I can't seem to update to 14.10 without stuff breaking...

[scottalanmiller]

Ubuntu is not the most stable of platforms, sadly. I would only recommend it when you have a very specific need and never "just because."

[scottalanmiller]

Did you remember to do....

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && reboot

Before trying the distro update?

[thanksajdotcom]

@scottalanmiller said:

Did you remember to do....

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && reboot

Before trying the distro update?

Apt-get upgrade didn't find the update, and I have run apt-get update. It's not seeing it for some reason...