Still stuck and cannot upgrade

[doctordruidphd]

Still unable to upgrade 17.10 -> 18.04.

It is hanging trying to install qt5 stuff. The problem appears to be that it is looking for a file that it is erasing prior to looking for it. The conundrum goes like this:

root@Crynfyd:/# dpkg -i --force-all /var/cache/apt/archives/qmlscene_5.9.4-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 762329 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../qmlscene_5.9.4-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking qmlscene (5.9.4-0ubuntu1) over (5.9.1-4ubuntu1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/qmlscene_5.9.4-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--install):
unable to install new version of '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/bin/qmlscene': No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/qmlscene_5.9.4-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb

Apparently it wants to see the file /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/bin/qmlscene before it installs. OK, then:

root@Crynfyd:/# touch /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/bin/qmlscene
root@Crynfyd:/# file /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/bin/qmlscene
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/bin/qmlscene: empty

File is there, albeit empty. Then try again:

root@Crynfyd:/# dpkg -i --force-all /var/cache/apt/archives/qmlscene_5.9.4-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 762329 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../qmlscene_5.9.4-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking qmlscene (5.9.4-0ubuntu1) over (5.9.1-4ubuntu1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/qmlscene_5.9.4-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--install):
unable to install new version of '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/bin/qmlscene': No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/qmlscene_5.9.4-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb

And so it goes on ...

I tried copying the stuff from 17.10 into the new directory, but it just erases everything before it tries the install.

This goes on for about 6 different files before it gives up completely:

Errors were encountered while processing:
/tmp/user/0/apt-dpkg-install-yMiE22/0-qmlscene_5.9.4-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
/tmp/user/0/apt-dpkg-install-yMiE22/1-qt5-qmake-bin_5.9.4+dfsg-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb
/tmp/user/0/apt-dpkg-install-yMiE22/2-qttools5-dev-tools_5.9.4-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
/tmp/user/0/apt-dpkg-install-yMiE22/3-qtbase5-dev-tools_5.9.4+dfsg-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb
/tmp/user/0/apt-dpkg-install-yMiE22/4-qt5-assistant_5.9.4-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
/tmp/user/0/apt-dpkg-install-yMiE22/5-qdbus-qt5_5.9.4-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb

This really seems brain dead - that it's erasing a file it wants to see. And not sure why it needs to see the file anyway, if it's just going to install over it.

[dequire]

Are you upgrading to a proper Beta 1 .iso, or a daily snapshot? Snapshots are often transitional in nature and more prone to be broken. Either way, I would also ask on #kubuntu-devel on IRC or Telegram as there's often people there involved in those aspects of getting Bionic in shape. If it is an issue, I'm sure they'd like to know about it. One thing that might be noted: On my Neon system, running the latest Plasma, locate shows the following:

james@james-amd-rig:/$ locate *qmlscene*
/home/james/.local/share/flatpak/app/com.kolabnow.kube/x86_64/master/73fd12f9fb85b5d9d99f40fd2155fc67b2cc1d793510b56c6f269f7a88c7d970/files/bin/qmlscene
/snap/kde-frameworks-5/10/usr/bin/qmlscene
/snap/kde-frameworks-5/10/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/bin/qmlscene
/snap/kde-frameworks-5/13/usr/bin/qmlscene
/snap/kde-frameworks-5/13/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/bin/qmlscene
/snap/kde-frameworks-5/16/usr/bin/qmlscene
/snap/kde-frameworks-5/16/usr/lib/qt5/bin/qmlscene
/snap/kde-frameworks-5/16/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/bin/qmlscene
/usr/bin/qmlscene

and looking at the file details:

james@james-amd-rig:~$ pkcon get-details qmlscene
Resolving                     [=========================]         More than one package matches:
Getting details               [=========================]         ain]
Querying                      [=========================]         
Loading cache                 [=========================]         
Finished                      [=========================]         
Package description
package:     qmlscene-5.10.0-0neon+16.04+xenial+build36.amd64
summary:     Qt 5 QML scene viewer
license:     unknown
group:       programming
description: Qt 5 QML scene viewer
size:        39422 bytes
url:         http://qt-project.org/
james@james-amd-rig:~$

It appears that your version of qmlscene appears to be out-dated at this time for the latest Plasma versions, as mine is on 5.10 and you're trying to install 5.9.4. Again, this is on Neon. Also worth noting that on my system, the following have dependencies on version 5.10:

james@james-amd-rig:~$ pkcon depends-on qmlscene
Resolving                     [=========================]         More than one package matches:
Getting dependencies          [=========================]         ain]
Querying                      [=========================]         
Loading cache                 [=========================]         
Finished                      [=========================]         
Installed       libc6-2.23-0ubuntu10.amd64 (installed:ubuntu-xenial-updates-main)       GNU C Library: Shared libraries
Installed       libqt5core5a-5.10.0+dfsg-2+16.04+xenial+build46.amd64 (installed:neon-xenial-main)      Qt 5 core module
Installed       libqt5gui5-5.10.0+dfsg-2+16.04+xenial+build46.amd64 (installed:neon-xenial-main)        Qt 5 GUI module
Installed       libqt5qml5-5.10.0-0neon+16.04+xenial+build36.amd64 (installed:neon-xenial-main) Qt 5 QML module
Installed       libqt5quick5-5.10.0-0neon+16.04+xenial+build36.amd64 (installed:neon-xenial-main)       Qt 5 Quick library
Installed       libqt5widgets5-5.10.0+dfsg-2+16.04+xenial+build46.amd64 (installed:neon-xenial-main)    Qt 5 widgets module
Installed       libstdc++6-5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.9.amd64 (installed:ubuntu-xenial-updates-main)  GNU Standard C++ Library v3
Installed       qtchooser-64-ga1b6736-4+16.04+xenial+build30.amd64 (installed:neon-xenial-main) Wrapper to select between Qt development binary versions
james@james-amd-rig:~$

Are you sure your 17.10 system has backports enabled, and is fully up to date?

[GreyGeek]

Just love pkcon!!!

[Snowhog]

Are you sure your 17.10 system has backports enabled, and is fully up to date?

What steps did you take in trying to upgrade from 17.10 to 18.04? What were the commands you ran?

[doctordruidphd]

First, Thank You to all who replied! This is turning into a major headache.

I have tried two ways to upgrade: copying over my 17.10 and using do-release-upgrade -d , and also by manually changing sources.list (both with and without disabling everything in sources.list.d) from artful to bionic and doing apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade. Both methods proceed for a while, and then die at the same point -- with these particular files.

I am not running Neon. I do have backports enabled in sources.list, to wit:

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ artful-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ artful-backports main restricted universe multiverse

Using the qmlscene package as an example, the version I have installed is:

greenman@Crynfyd17.04 /etc/apt$ pkcon get-details qmlscene
Resolving                     [=========================]         More than one package matches:
1. qmlscene-5.9.1-4ubuntu1.amd64 [installed:ubuntu-artful-universe]
2. qmlscene-5.9.1-4ubuntu1.i386 [ubuntu-artful-universe]
Please choose the correct package: 1
                          [=========================]         
Getting details               [=========================]         
Querying                      [=========================]         
Loading cache                 [=========================]         
Finished                      [=========================]         
Package description
package:     qmlscene-5.9.1-4ubuntu1.amd64
summary:     Qt 5 QML scene viewer
license:     unknown
group:       programming
description: Qt is a cross-platform C++ application framework. Qt's primary feature is its rich set of widgets that provide standard GUI functionality.

This package contains the older QML viewer for Qt Quick 2. See qml package for the newer one.
size:        129024 bytes
url:         http://qt-project.org

PS the "17.04" prompt is because I forgot to change .bashrc. it really is:

greenman@Crynfyd17.04 /etc/apt$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 17.10
Release:        17.10
Codename:       artful

[GreyGeek]

By now, stating the obvious, you could have backed up your important data, done a fresh install of Bionic, and restored your data. No?

[acheron]

I have asked the Qt packagers to have a look at this error.

[acheron]

Testing upgrades, we can't reproduce that issue!

[doctordruidphd]

Thanks again, I appreciate the help.

I have full backups of everything. Unfortunately there is a lot more than data here -- software for various things that reconfiguring would be a major problem. So a fresh install is something I need to avoid if at all possible, which is why I am trying to sniff out what the problem could be. I don't think I have installed anything that would mess with qt packages themselves.

[acheron]

Will it let you purge the package?

And anything that might require it like qtcreator?

[doctordruidphd]

Evidently not. This was tried on a system that I have already attempted to upgrade. First, qmlscene:

root@Crynfyd:/# apt-get remove --purge qmlscene
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
initramfs-tools-core : Depends: initramfs-tools-bin (= 0.130ubuntu3) but 0.125ubuntu12.1 is to be installed
kde-style-qtcurve-qt5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
klibc-utils : Depends: libklibc (= 2.0.4-9ubuntu2) but 2.0.4-9ubuntu1 is to be installed
libkf5declarative5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
                    Recommends: kpackagelauncherqml but it is not going to be installed
libkf5xmlgui5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
               Recommends: libkf5xmlgui-bin (= 5.44.0-0ubuntu1) but 5.44.0-0ubuntu1~ubuntu17.10~ppa2 is to be installed
libpython3.6 : Depends: libpython3.6-stdlib (= 3.6.5-3) but 3.6.3-1ubuntu1 is to be installed
libpython3.6-dev : Depends: libpython3.6-stdlib (= 3.6.5-3) but 3.6.3-1ubuntu1 is to be installed
libqt5dbus5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5designer5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5gui5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5location5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5multimedia5 : Depends: libqt5core5a (>= 5.9.4+dfsg~) but 5.9.1+dfsg-10ubuntu1 is to be installed
                   Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5multimedia5-plugins : Depends: libqt5core5a (>= 5.9.4+dfsg~) but 5.9.1+dfsg-10ubuntu1 is to be installed
libqt5network5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5opengl5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5positioning5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5printsupport5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5qml5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5quick5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5quickcontrols2-5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5quickparticles5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5quicktemplates2-5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5quicktest5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5quickwidgets5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5script5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5scripttools5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5sensors5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5serialport5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5sql5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5sql5-mysql : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5sql5-sqlite : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5svg5 : Depends: libqt5core5a (>= 5.9.4+dfsg~) but 5.9.1+dfsg-10ubuntu1 is to be installed
            Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5texttospeech5 : Depends: libqt5core5a (>= 5.9.4+dfsg~) but 5.9.1+dfsg-10ubuntu1 is to be installed
                     Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5waylandclient5 : Depends: libqt5core5a (>= 5.9.4+dfsg~) but 5.9.1+dfsg-10ubuntu1 is to be installed
                      Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5waylandcompositor5 : Depends: libqt5core5a (>= 5.9.4+dfsg~) but 5.9.1+dfsg-10ubuntu1 is to be installed
                          Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5webchannel5 : Depends: libqt5core5a (>= 5.9.4+dfsg~) but 5.9.1+dfsg-10ubuntu1 is to be installed
                   Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5webengine5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5webenginecore5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5webenginewidgets5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5webkit5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5websockets5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5widgets5 : Depends: libqt5core5a (>= 5.9.2) but 5.9.1+dfsg-10ubuntu1 is to be installed
                Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5xml5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5xmlpatterns5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
python-pyqt5 : Depends: libqt5core5a (>= 5.9.2) but 5.9.1+dfsg-10ubuntu1 is to be installed
              Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
              Depends: sip-api-12.3
python-qscintilla2 : Depends: libqscintilla2-qt4-13 (>= 2.10.2) but it is not going to be installed
                    Depends: sip-api-12.3
python-qwt5-qt4 : Depends: python-numpy (>= 1:1.13.1) but 1:1.12.1-3.1ubuntu4 is to be installed
                 Depends: python-qt4 (>= 4.12.1+dfsg) but 4.11.4+dfsg-2build2 is to be installed
                 Depends: sip-api-12.2
python3.6 : Depends: python3.6-minimal (= 3.6.5-3) but 3.6.3-1ubuntu1 is to be installed
           Depends: libpython3.6-stdlib (= 3.6.5-3) but 3.6.3-1ubuntu1 is to be installed
qml-module-qtquick-controls : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
qml-module-qtquick-controls2 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
qml-module-qtquick-dialogs : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
qml-module-qtquick-layouts : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
qml-module-qtquick-privatewidgets : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
qml-module-qtquick-virtualkeyboard : Depends: libqt5core5a (>= 5.9.4+dfsg~) but 5.9.1+dfsg-10ubuntu1 is to be installed
qml-module-qtquick-xmllistmodel : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
qt5-gtk-platformtheme : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
qt5-qmake : Depends: qt5-qmake-bin (= 5.9.4+dfsg-0ubuntu4)
qt5-qmltooling-plugins : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
qtbase5-dev : Depends: libqt5core5a (= 5.9.4+dfsg-0ubuntu4) but 5.9.1+dfsg-10ubuntu1 is to be installed
             Depends: qtbase5-dev-tools (= 5.9.4+dfsg-0ubuntu4)
qtchooser : Breaks: qtbase5-dev-tools (< 5.9.2+dfsg-3~)
           Breaks: qttools5-dev-tools (< 5.9.2-2~)
           Breaks: qtbase5-dev-tools:i386 (< 5.9.2+dfsg-3~)
qttools5-dev : Depends: qttools5-dev-tools (= 5.9.4-0ubuntu1)
              Breaks: qttools5-dev-tools (< 5.9.2-3~)
qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin : Depends: libqt5core5a (>= 5.9.4+dfsg~) but 5.9.1+dfsg-10ubuntu1 is to be installed
                          Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
qtwayland5 : Depends: libqt5core5a (>= 5.9.4+dfsg~) but 5.9.1+dfsg-10ubuntu1 is to be installed
            Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

And also with qtcreator:

root@Crynfyd:/# apt-get remove --purge qtcreator
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
initramfs-tools-core : Depends: initramfs-tools-bin (= 0.130ubuntu3) but 0.125ubuntu12.1 is to be installed
kde-style-qtcurve-qt5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
klibc-utils : Depends: libklibc (= 2.0.4-9ubuntu2) but 2.0.4-9ubuntu1 is to be installed
libkf5declarative5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
                    Recommends: kpackagelauncherqml but it is not going to be installed
libkf5xmlgui5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
               Recommends: libkf5xmlgui-bin (= 5.44.0-0ubuntu1) but 5.44.0-0ubuntu1~ubuntu17.10~ppa2 is to be installed
libpython3.6 : Depends: libpython3.6-stdlib (= 3.6.5-3) but 3.6.3-1ubuntu1 is to be installed
libpython3.6-dev : Depends: libpython3.6-stdlib (= 3.6.5-3) but 3.6.3-1ubuntu1 is to be installed
libqt5dbus5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5designer5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5gui5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5location5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5multimedia5 : Depends: libqt5core5a (>= 5.9.4+dfsg~) but 5.9.1+dfsg-10ubuntu1 is to be installed
                   Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5multimedia5-plugins : Depends: libqt5core5a (>= 5.9.4+dfsg~) but 5.9.1+dfsg-10ubuntu1 is to be installed
libqt5network5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5opengl5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5positioning5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5printsupport5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5qml5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5quick5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5quickcontrols2-5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5quickparticles5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5quicktemplates2-5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5quicktest5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5quickwidgets5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5script5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5scripttools5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5sensors5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5serialport5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5sql5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5sql5-mysql : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5sql5-sqlite : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5svg5 : Depends: libqt5core5a (>= 5.9.4+dfsg~) but 5.9.1+dfsg-10ubuntu1 is to be installed
            Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5texttospeech5 : Depends: libqt5core5a (>= 5.9.4+dfsg~) but 5.9.1+dfsg-10ubuntu1 is to be installed
                     Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5waylandclient5 : Depends: libqt5core5a (>= 5.9.4+dfsg~) but 5.9.1+dfsg-10ubuntu1 is to be installed
                      Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5waylandcompositor5 : Depends: libqt5core5a (>= 5.9.4+dfsg~) but 5.9.1+dfsg-10ubuntu1 is to be installed
                          Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5webchannel5 : Depends: libqt5core5a (>= 5.9.4+dfsg~) but 5.9.1+dfsg-10ubuntu1 is to be installed
                   Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5webengine5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5webenginecore5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5webenginewidgets5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5webkit5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5websockets5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5widgets5 : Depends: libqt5core5a (>= 5.9.2) but 5.9.1+dfsg-10ubuntu1 is to be installed
                Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5xml5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
libqt5xmlpatterns5 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
python-pyqt5 : Depends: libqt5core5a (>= 5.9.2) but 5.9.1+dfsg-10ubuntu1 is to be installed
              Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
              Depends: sip-api-12.3
python-qscintilla2 : Depends: libqscintilla2-qt4-13 (>= 2.10.2) but it is not going to be installed
                    Depends: sip-api-12.3
python-qwt5-qt4 : Depends: python-numpy (>= 1:1.13.1) but 1:1.12.1-3.1ubuntu4 is to be installed
                 Depends: python-qt4 (>= 4.12.1+dfsg) but 4.11.4+dfsg-2build2 is to be installed
                 Depends: sip-api-12.2
python3.6 : Depends: python3.6-minimal (= 3.6.5-3) but 3.6.3-1ubuntu1 is to be installed
           Depends: libpython3.6-stdlib (= 3.6.5-3) but 3.6.3-1ubuntu1 is to be installed
qml-module-qtquick-controls : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
qml-module-qtquick-controls2 : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
qml-module-qtquick-dialogs : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
qml-module-qtquick-layouts : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
qml-module-qtquick-privatewidgets : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
qml-module-qtquick-virtualkeyboard : Depends: libqt5core5a (>= 5.9.4+dfsg~) but 5.9.1+dfsg-10ubuntu1 is to be installed
qml-module-qtquick-xmllistmodel : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
qt5-gtk-platformtheme : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
qt5-qmake : Depends: qt5-qmake-bin (= 5.9.4+dfsg-0ubuntu4)
qt5-qmltooling-plugins : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
qtbase5-dev : Depends: libqt5core5a (= 5.9.4+dfsg-0ubuntu4) but 5.9.1+dfsg-10ubuntu1 is to be installed
             Depends: qtbase5-dev-tools (= 5.9.4+dfsg-0ubuntu4)
qtchooser : Breaks: qtbase5-dev-tools (< 5.9.2+dfsg-3~)
           Breaks: qttools5-dev-tools (< 5.9.2-2~)
           Breaks: qtbase5-dev-tools:i386 (< 5.9.2+dfsg-3~)
qttools5-dev : Depends: qttools5-dev-tools (= 5.9.4-0ubuntu1)
              Breaks: qttools5-dev-tools (< 5.9.2-3~)
qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin : Depends: libqt5core5a (>= 5.9.4+dfsg~) but 5.9.1+dfsg-10ubuntu1 is to be installed
                          Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
qtwayland5 : Depends: libqt5core5a (>= 5.9.4+dfsg~) but 5.9.1+dfsg-10ubuntu1 is to be installed
            Depends: qtbase-abi-5-9-4
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

[vinnywright]

did you try the "sudo apt-get -f install" ?

VINNY

[doctordruidphd]

Yes, apt-get install -f, dpkg --configure -a, apt --fix-broken install, pretty much everything like that I can think of.

Maybe the next step is to try and purge the qt stuff BEFORE doing the upgrade. That will pretty much remove KDE, but it may be easier to reinstall afterward than trying to reconfigure all the radio communication stuff I have worked on.

[GreyGeek]

Can you create a second user, give it sudo priviledges and see if you can do the upgrade in it? (because it will have a bare minimum .kde file)

[doctordruidphd]

Good idea, I will try that. Actually I will also try upgrading from a boot in "single" mode too. May take me a while to get this done, will let you know.