Issues with upgrading Ubuntu can arise from compatibility or configuration challenges.
Issues with upgrading Ubuntu can arise from compatibility or configuration challenges.
Hello everyone! I'm facing an issue at work: Our Ubuntu VM is running Ubuntu 17.10 (artful), and we're attempting to upgrade to the latest version using sudo do-release-upgrade. It keeps saying my Python3 installation is corrupted and needs a fix on /usr/bin/python3. I've looked up advice suggesting the symlink should point to Python 3.6, but some users reported issues with update-alternatives. The link itself checks out, and we're not using update-alternatives. Still, the upgrade isn't working. Edit: Another suggestion was to reinstall Python via sudo apt-get install --reinstall python3, but that fails because the download can't be completed.
Others have faced the same problem, and on Reddit users shared a workaround involving apt-get commands to clean up old packages. It might help to run those steps, but always back up your VM beforehand.