Unable to Upgrade Ubuntu - Revision history

IVSWikiBlue at 20:57, 11 May 2022

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IVSWikiBlue at 15:51, 15 May 2019

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IVSWikiBlue at 15:51, 15 May 2019

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IVSWikiBlue at 15:49, 15 May 2019

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IVSWikiBlue at 20:55, 3 May 2019

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IVSWikiBlue at 19:49, 24 April 2019

2019-04-24T19:49:01Z

IVSWikiBlue: /* UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte */

2018-03-16T18:18:54Z

‎UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte

IVSWikiBlue: Created page with "==UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte== # '''grep -avx '.*' /var/lib/dpkg/status''' #: This will display any not utf-8 characters in the file # '''sudo nano /v..."

2018-03-07T23:15:13Z

Created page with "==UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte== # '''grep -avx '.*' /var/lib/dpkg/status''' #: This will display any not utf-8 characters in the file # '''sudo nano /v..."

New page

==UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte==
# '''grep -avx '.*' /var/lib/dpkg/status'''
#: This will display any not utf-8 characters in the file
# '''sudo nano /var/lib/dpkgs/status'''
# Locate the bad characters and delete them
# Save the file

==/boot is out of space==
# '''dpkg -l | grep linux-image'''
#: This will display all the kernels currently installed. All but the most recent can be safely deleted.
# '''apt-get remove ''old-linux-kernel-package-name'''''
#: ex: ''apt-get remove linux-image-3.13.0-32-generic''

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 When attempting to update Ubuntu from version 14.04 LTS to 16.04, you may encounter an error when entering the following command:
 :: <pre>do-release-upgrade</pre>
-::[[File:TS1.png]]
+:::{{img | file = TS1.png}}
 This error is caused by non UTF-8 characters in the /var/lib/dpkg/status file. Follow the instructions below to identify and remove these characters.
 # Enter the following command: <pre>grep -avx '.*' /var/lib/dpkg/status</pre>
 #: This will display any not UTF-8 characters in the file.
-#: [[File:TS1.png]]
+#:{{img | file = TS1.png}}
 # Enter the following command: <pre>sudo nano /var/lib/dpkg/status</pre>
 # Locate the bad characters, and delete them.

@@ Line 2: / Line 2: @@
 When attempting to update Ubuntu from version 14.04 LTS to 16.04, you may encounter an error when entering the following command:
 :: <pre>do-release-upgrade</pre>
-:[[File:TS1.png]]
+::[[File:TS1.png]]
 This error is caused by non UTF-8 characters in the /var/lib/dpkg/status file. Follow the instructions below to identify and remove these characters.
 # Enter the following command: <pre>grep -avx '.*' /var/lib/dpkg/status</pre>

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 ==UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte==
-When attempting to update Ubuntu from version 14.04 LTS to 16.04, you may encounter an error when entering the following command: <pre>do-release-upgrade</pre>
+When attempting to update Ubuntu from version 14.04 LTS to 16.04, you may encounter an error when entering the following command:
 :[[File:TS1.png]]
 This error is caused by non UTF-8 characters in the /var/lib/dpkg/status file. Follow the instructions below to identify and remove these characters.
 # Enter the following command: <pre>grep -avx '.*' /var/lib/dpkg/status</pre>
-#: This will display any not UTF-8 characters in the file
+#: This will display any not UTF-8 characters in the file.
 #: [[File:TS1.png]]
 # Enter the following command: <pre>sudo nano /var/lib/dpkg/status</pre>

@@ Line 2: / Line 2: @@
 When attempting to update Ubuntu from version 14.04 LTS to 16.04, you may encounter an error when entering the following command: <pre>do-release-upgrade</pre>
 :[[File:TS1.png]]
-This error is caused by non utf-8 characters in the /var/lib/dpkg/status file. Follow the instructions below to identify and remove these characters.
+This error is caused by non UTF-8 characters in the /var/lib/dpkg/status file. Follow the instructions below to identify and remove these characters.
 # Enter the following command: <pre>grep -avx '.*' /var/lib/dpkg/status</pre>
-#: This will display any not utf-8 characters in the file
+#: This will display any not UTF-8 characters in the file
 #: [[File:TS1.png]]
 # Enter the following command: <pre>sudo nano /var/lib/dpkg/status</pre>

@@ Line 7: / Line 7: @@
 #: [[File:TS1.png]]
 # Enter the following command: <pre>sudo nano /var/lib/dpkg/status</pre>
-# Locate the bad characters and delete them.
+# Locate the bad characters, and delete them.
 # Save the file.
@@ Line 14: / Line 14: @@
 #: This will display all the kernels currently installed. All but the most recent can be safely deleted.
 # Enter the following: <pre>apt-get remove ''old-linux-kernel-package-name''</pre>
-#: ex: ''apt-get remove linux-image-3.13.0-32-generic''
+:: <pre>Ex: ''apt-get remove linux-image-3.13.0-32-generic''</pre>