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I was trying to upgrade 14.04 when I started to get dependencies error.

I have read and tried many things to fix the problem, but I always end up getting the error for any of the commands such as:

$ sudo apt-get install --fix-broken --fix-missing

or

$ sudo apt-get update (or upgrade)

or

$ sudo apt-get -f install

also I have tried commands such as:

$ sudo apt-get --reinstall install locales

Or

$ Sudo apt-cache policy libc6* locale

Or

$ sudo dpkg --configure -a

$ sudo apt-get install --fix-broken --fix-missing

Gives:

(Reading database ... 319648 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libc-bin_2.26-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libc-bin_2.26-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 triggers ci file contains unknown directive `interest-await'
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libc-bin_2.26-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Florian Diesch
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Mike
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Upgrading 14.04 to 17.10 isn't supported.

The package you are trying to install requires a more recent version of dpkg than the one you have. Try to download the .deb package from https://packages.ubuntu.com/artful/dpkg and install it using dpkg:

sudo dpkg -i dpkg_1.18.24ubuntu1_amd64.deb

(you may need to replace the file name and path). Maybe that works.

Consider doing a fresh install of 17.10.

Florian Diesch
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  • Thank you. Have been trying for sometime. Cannot install any package. Broken software system. – Mike Feb 17 '18 at 02:31
  • $ sudo dpkg -i dpkg_1.18.24ubuntu1_amd64.deb dpkg: error processing archive dpkg_1.18.24ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--install): cannot access archive: No such file or directory Errors were encountered while processing: dpkg_1.18.24ubuntu1_amd64.deb – Mike Feb 17 '18 at 02:40
  • $ sudo dpkg -i dpkg_1.18.24ubuntu1_amd64.deb dpkg: error processing archive dpkg_1.18.24ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--install): cannot access archive: No such file or directory Errors were encountered while processing: dpkg_1.18.24ubuntu1_amd64.deb – Mike Feb 17 '18 at 02:40
  • https://packages.ubuntu.com/artful/dpkg Resolving packages.ubuntu.com (packages.ubuntu.com)... 91.189.94.203 Connecting to packages.ubuntu.com (packages.ubuntu.com)|91.189.94.203|:443... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: unspecified [text/html] Saving to: ‘dpkg’ 
    [ <=>                                   ] 12,914      --.-K/s   in 0.008s

    2018-02-16 18:32:09 (1.48 MB/s) - ‘dpkg’ saved [12914]

     – Mike Feb 17 '18 at 02:46
  • now I am back to the worst situation. libc-bin : Depends: libc6 (< 2.20) but 2.26-0ubuntu2 is to be installed libc-dev-bin : Depends: libc6 (< 2.20) but 2.26-0ubuntu2 is to be installed libc6 : Breaks: locales (< 2.26) but 2.13+git20120306-12.1 is to be installed libc6:i386 : Breaks: locales (< 2.26) but 2.13+git20120306-12.1 is to be installed libc6-dbg : Depends: libc6 (= 2.19-0ubuntu6.6) but 2.26-0ubuntu2 is to be installed – Mike Feb 17 '18 at 03:27
  • libc6-dev : Depends: libc6 (= 2.19-0ubuntu6.6) but 2.26-0ubuntu2 is to be installed libgpg-error-dev : Depends: libgpg-error0 (= 1.12-0.2ubuntu1) but 1.27-3 is to be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution). – Mike Feb 17 '18 at 03:27
  • Your answer didn't work. Please note that I am not trying to upgrade, but to restore the 14.04 back to working condition. The error posted is encountered due to trying to upgrade (nothing specific to version 17). – Mike Feb 20 '18 at 15:17
  • See https://askubuntu.com/questions/49869/how-to-roll-back-ubuntu-to-a-previous-version for some hints about downgrading, they should work in your case with mixed packages from 14.04 and 17.10, too. But most likely doing a fresh install will be faster and get better results. – Florian Diesch Feb 20 '18 at 15:39
  • Thanks. Does fresh install means the loss of data and all programs installed? – Mike Feb 20 '18 at 19:24