"Could not calculate the upgrade. "12.04 ->14.04- openmpi dependency issue

[LaunchpadLoginDefectReport]

Could not calculate the upgrade. An unresolvable problem occured while calculating the upgrade". There are no details in the error dialog about what went wrong. A screenshot of the error dialog and the usual Ubuntu-collected information is attached.

This is a dupilcate, of course, but the bug reporting system won't find the correct bug report (Bug #1274672 ) even if the exact title or number is given. A Google search indicates 1,100 hits related to "could not calculate the upgrade". So it's probably a real bug.

Some comments on this bug indicate that "cinnamon" is the problem. "Cinnamon" is not installed.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: update-manager 1:0.156.14.17
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-70.105-generic 3.2.63
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-70-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Nov 1 23:06:44 2014
GsettingsChanges:
 com.ubuntu.update-manager first-run false
 com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1414908173
 com.ubuntu.update-manager window-height 626
 com.ubuntu.update-manager window-width 957
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120823.1)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2014-11-02 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

[LaunchpadLoginDefectReport (nagle-1)]

Correct, in title, "12.04 LTS ->14.04"

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

From Aptlog.txt:

Investigating (0) libboost-mpi1.46.1 [ amd64 ] < 1.46.1-7ubuntu3 > ( libs )
Broken libboost-mpi1.46.1:amd64 Depends on libopenmpi1.3 [ amd64 ] < 1.4.3-2.1ubuntu3 > ( libs )
  Considering libopenmpi1.3:amd64 1 as a solution to libboost-mpi1.46.1:amd64 2
  Added libopenmpi1.3:amd64 to the remove list
  Fixing libboost-mpi1.46.1:amd64 via keep of libopenmpi1.3:amd64
  MarkKeep libopenmpi1.3 [ amd64 ] < 1.4.3-2.1ubuntu3 > ( libs ) FU=0

[LaunchpadLoginDefectReport (nagle-1)]

Re OpenMPI: That makes sense. I have Gazebo, the robot simulation system installed, which pulls in ROS, the Robot Operating System and a lot of numerical tools. That probably pulled in OpenMPI at some point.

Gazebo is a standard Ubuntu package in 12.04LTS, which is the recommended Linux distro for Gazebo.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Dinko Osmankovic (dinko-metalac)]

Yepp, removing all ROS packages makes it possible to upgrade to 14.10. This is because ROS indigo is not supported on 14.10.

[Eric (empholmi)]

People say that ROS is the issue, so I am removing it now, and if you didn’t know, you have to type
"sudo apt-get remove ros-*"
OR
"sudo apt-get purge ros-*"

[Todd Chilson (toddchilson2)]

Eric,

  Thank you very much for answering. ROS is exactly what caused it in my
case. I since removed ROS, and I am currently running 15.04 as I type this
message right now.

~Todd

On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 3:18 PM, Eric <email address hidden> wrote:

> People say that ROS is the issue, so I am removing it now, and if you
> didn’t know, you have to type
> "sudo apt-get remove ros-*"
> OR
> "sudo apt-get purge ros-*"
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a
> duplicate bug report (1409745).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1388511
>
> Title:
> "Could not calculate the upgrade. "12.04 ->14.04- openmpi dependency
> issue
>
> Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Could not calculate the upgrade. An unresolvable problem occured while
> calculating the upgrade". There are no details in the error dialog
> about what went wrong. A screenshot of the error dialog and the usual
> Ubuntu-collected information is attached.
>
> This is a dupilcate, of course, but the bug reporting system won't
> find the correct bug report (Bug #1274672 ) even if the exact title or
> number is given. A Google search indicates 1,100 hits related to
> "could not calculate the upgrade". So it's probably a real bug.
>
> Some comments on this bug indicate that "cinnamon" is the problem.
> "Cinnamon" is not installed.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
> Package: update-manager 1:0.156.14.17
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-70.105-generic 3.2.63
> Uname: Linux 3.2.0-70-generic x86_64
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.7
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Sat Nov 1 23:06:44 2014
> GsettingsChanges:
> com.ubuntu.update-manager first-run false
> com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1414908173
> com.ubuntu.update-manager window-height 626
> com.ubuntu.update-manager window-width 957
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64
> (20120823.1)
> MarkForUpload: True
> PackageArchitecture: all
> ProcEnviron:
> TERM=xterm
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: update-manager
> Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2014-11-02 (0 days ago)
> VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:
>
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[Rooey Mack (rooeystubby)]

$ 1546814832169 addons.update-checker WARN onUpdateCheckComplete failed to parse update manifest: [Exception... "Update manifest is missing a required addons property." nsresult: "0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)" location: "JS frame :: resource://gre/modules/addons/AddonUpdateChecker.jsm :: getRequiredProperty :: line 471" data: no] Stack trace: getRequiredProperty()@resource://gre/modules/addons/AddonUpdateChecker.jsm:471 < parseJSONManifest()@resource://gre/modules/addons/AddonUpdateChecker.jsm:481 < UpdateParser.prototype.onLoad/parser()@resource://gre/modules/addons/AddonUpdateChecker.jsm:652 < UpdateParser.prototype.onLoad()@resource://gre/modules/addons/AddonUpdateChecker.jsm:672 < UpdateParser/<()@resource://gre/modules/addons/AddonUpdateChecker.jsm:590
1546814832223 addons.update-checker WARN onUpdateCheckComplete failed to parse update manifest: [Exception... "Update manifest is missing a required addons property." nsresult: "0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)" location: "JS frame :: resource://gre/modules/addons/AddonUpdateChecker.jsm :: getRequiredProperty :: line 471" data: no] Stack trace: getRequiredProperty()@resource://gre/modules/addons/AddonUpdateChecker.jsm:471 < parseJSONManifest()@resource://gre/modules/addons/AddonUpdateChecker.jsm:481 < UpdateParser.prototype.onLoad/parser()@resource://gre/modules/addons/AddonUpdateChecker.jsm:652 < UpdateParser.prototype.onLoad()@resource://gre/modules/addons/AddonUpdateChecker.jsm:672 < UpdateParser/<()@resource://gre/modules/addons/AddonUpdateChecker.jsm:590
1546814832275 addons.update-checker WARN onUpdateCheckComplete failed to parse update manifest: [Exception... "Update manifest is missing a required addons property." nsresult: "0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)" location: "JS frame :: resource://gre/modules/addons/AddonUpdateChecker.jsm :: getRequiredProperty :: line 471" data: no] Stack trace: getRequiredProperty()@resource://gre/modules/addons/AddonUpdateChecker.jsm:471 < parseJSONManifest()@resource://gre/modules/addons/AddonUpdateChecker.jsm:481 < UpdateParser.prototype.onLoad/parser()@resource://gre/modules/addons/AddonUpdateChecker.jsm:652 < UpdateParser.prototype.onLoad()@resource://gre/modules/addons/AddonUpdateChecker.jsm:672 < UpdateParser/<()@resource://gre/modules/addons/AddonUpdateChecker.jsm:590
1546814832381 addons.update-checker WARN onUpdateCheckComplete failed to parse update manifest: [Exception... "Update manifest is missing a required addons property." nsresult: "0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)" location: "JS frame :: resource://gre/modules/addons/AddonUpdateChecker.jsm :: getRequiredProperty :: line 471" data: no] Stack trace: getRequiredProperty()@resource://gre/modules/addons/AddonUpdateChecker.jsm:471 < parseJSONManifest()@resource://gre/modules/addons/AddonUpdateChecker.jsm:481 < UpdateParser.prototype.onLoad/parser()@resource://gre/modules/addons/AddonUpdateChecker.jsm:652 < UpdateParser.prototype.onLoad()@resource://gre/modules/addons/AddonUpdateChecker.jsm:672 < UpdateParser/<()@resource://gre/modules/addons/AddonUpdateChecker.jsm:590
1546814832486 addons.update-checker WARN onUpdateCheckComplete failed to parse update manifest: [Exception... "Update ...