Verified with systemd 237-3ubuntu10.31: root@x-lp1773859:~# apt install ./systemd-shim_10-3_amd64.deb Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Note, selecting 'systemd-shim' instead of './systemd-shim_10-3_amd64.deb' The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required: libfreetype6 Use 'apt autoremove' to remove it. Suggested packages: pm-utils The following packages will be upgraded: systemd-shim 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/20.0 kB of archives. After this operation, 6144 B of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 /root/systemd-shim_10-3_amd64.deb systemd-shim amd64 10-3 [20.0 kB] (Reading database ... 25776 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../systemd-shim_10-3_amd64.deb ... Leaving 'diversion of /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.systemd1.service to /usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.systemd1.service.systemd by systemd-shim' Unpacking systemd-shim (10-3) over (9-1bzr4ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for dbus (1.10.6-1ubuntu3.4) ... Setting up systemd-shim (10-3) ... N: Can't drop privileges for downloading as file '/root/systemd-shim_10-3_amd64.deb' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) root@x-lp1773859:~# sed 's/xenial/bionic/' -i /etc/apt/sources.list root@x-lp1773859:~# apt update Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease [242 kB] ... Get:32 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/multiverse Translation-en [2428 B] Fetched 19.7 MB in 3s (5284 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 396 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them. root@x-lp1773859:~# sed -i s/backports/proposed/ /etc/apt/sources.list root@x-lp1773859:~# apt update Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-proposed InRelease [242 kB] Hit:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease ... Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-proposed/multiverse Translation-en [572 B] Fetched 401 kB in 1s (349 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 396 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them. root@x-lp1773859:~# apt install systemd Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: cgmanager libcgmanager0 libfreetype6 Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them. The following additional packages will be installed: libargon2-0 libc-bin libc6 libcryptsetup12 libgcrypt20 libgpg-error0 libip4tc0 libjson-c3 libpam-systemd libsystemd0 locales networkd-dispatcher Suggested packages: glibc-doc rng-tools iw | wireless-tools systemd-container The following packages will be REMOVED: systemd-shim The following NEW packages will be installed: libargon2-0 libcryptsetup12 libip4tc0 libjson-c3 networkd-dispatcher The following packages will be upgraded: libc-bin libc6 libgcrypt20 libgpg-error0 libpam-systemd libsystemd0 locales systemd 8 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 1 to remove and 388 not upgraded. Need to get 11.0 MB of archives. After this operation, 4192 kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? 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