Unable to update Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04

Question

I am unable to download the latest version of Ubuntu

I am getting below error:

The required dependency 'dpkg (>= 1.17.5ubuntu5.6)' is not installed.

i have tried everything about updating and downloading the dpkg package but its still getting the same here.

Can someone please help?

You really need to give us what you've tried so far: what commands you've run, what produced this error, what "everything" you've tried, etc. You obviously haven't tried everything, otherwise this would be working, but it'd be nice to avoid suggesting what you have done. — TheWanderer, Aug 21 '16 at 05:53
@OrganicMarble how is this a duplicate of that question? The target question is about apt, this is about dpkg! — Anwar, Oct 11 '16 at 04:26

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 02 '16 at 04:41

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Step 1 :

Step 2 :

sudo dpkg -i dpkg_1.17.5ubuntu5.6_amd64.deb

Then trigger the update again by:

sudo do-release-upgrade -d

edited Oct 02 '16 at 04:41

edwinksl

answered Oct 02 '16 at 02:28

KathirVel .A

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