Upgrade from kubuntu 17.10 to 18.04 fails with dependency problems on lsb_release preventing processing triggers for plymouth-theme-kubuntu-text

[Jeff.m]

Steps to repeat.
1. empty drive install 17.10 and do all of the updates. Install the suggested Nvidia driver.
2. reboot
3. command line type sudo do-release-upgrade -d
you will get the following errors:

Errors were encountered while processing:
 libvtk6.3
 openjdk-8-jre:amd64
 xorg
upgrade complete

4. then try and do a sudo apt update/upgrade gives the following

You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these
The following have unmet dependencies:
  libvtk6.3 : Depends: gdal-abi-2-2-3
              Depends: libgl2ps1.4 but it is not installed
              Depends: libnetcdf13 (>=4.0.1) but it is not installed.
 openjdk-8-jre : Depends openjdk-8-jre-headless (= 8u162-b12-1) but 8u151-b12-0ubuntu0.17.10.2 is installed
 xorg : Depends xserver-xorg (>= 1:7.7+19ubuntu5) but 1:7.7+19buntu3 is installed

5. enter the sudo apt --fix-broken install

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  bbswitch-dkms gdal-data lib32gcc1 libaec0 libarmadillo7 libarmadillo8 libarpack2 libblas3 libc6-i386 libcuda1-384 libdap25 libdapclient6v5 libepsilon1 libfabric1 libffi6:i386 libfreexl1 libfyba0
  libgdal20 libgeos-3.5.1 libgeos-c1v5 libgeotiff2 libgfortran4 libgl2ps1 libgl2ps1.4 libhdf4-0-alt libhdf5-100 libhdf5-openmpi-100 libhwloc-plugins libhwloc5 libibverbs1 libjsoncpp1 libkmlbase1
  libkmldom1 libkmlengine1 liblapack3 liblept5 libnetcdf-c++4 libnetcdf11 libnetcdf13 libodbc1 libogdi3.2 libopencv-flann3.1 libopencv-ml3.1 libopencv-photo3.1 libopencv-shape3.1
  libopencv-video3.1 libopencv-viz3.1 libopenmpi2 libpq5 libproj12 libprotobuf10 libpsm-infinipath1 libqhull7 librdmacm1 libspatialite7 libsrtp0 libsuperlu5 libsz2 libtesseract-data libtesseract3
  liburiparser1 libvtk6.3 libxerces-c3.2 nvidia-opencl-icd-384 nvidia-prime odbcinst odbcinst1debian2 openmpi-bin openmpi-common proj-bin proj-data
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  gdal-data libarmadillo8 libgdal20 libgl2ps1.4 libnetcdf13 libxerces-c3.2 openjdk-8-jre-headless xserver-xorg
Suggested packages:
  fonts-ipafont-gothic fonts-ipafont-mincho fonts-wqy-microhei fonts-wqy-zenhei
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libopencv-calib3d3.1 libopencv-contrib3.1 libopencv-features2d3.1 libopencv-highgui3.1 libopencv-imgcodecs3.1 libopencv-objdetect3.1 libopencv-stitching3.1 libopencv-superres3.1
  libopencv-videoio3.1 libopencv-videostab3.1
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libarmadillo8 libgl2ps1.4 libnetcdf13 libxerces-c3.2
The following packages will be upgraded:
  gdal-data libgdal20 openjdk-8-jre-headless xserver-xorg
4 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 10 to remove and 716 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/34.1 MB of archives.
After this operation, 7,106 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
(Reading database ... 223161 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing libopencv-contrib3.1:amd64 (3.1.0+dfsg1-1~exp1ubuntu3) ...
Removing libopencv-superres3.1:amd64 (3.1.0+dfsg1-1~exp1ubuntu3) ...
Removing libopencv-stitching3.1:amd64 (3.1.0+dfsg1-1~exp1ubuntu3) ...
dpkg: libopencv-imgcodecs3.1:amd64: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you requested:
 libopencv-videoio3.1:amd64 depends on libopencv-imgcodecs3.1 (= 3.1.0+dfsg1-1~exp1ubuntu3).
 libopencv-highgui3.1:amd64 depends on libopencv-imgcodecs3.1.

Removing libopencv-imgcodecs3.1:amd64 (3.1.0+dfsg1-1~exp1ubuntu3) ...
dpkg: libopencv-calib3d3.1:amd64: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you requested:
 libopencv-videostab3.1:amd64 depends on libopencv-calib3d3.1 (= 3.1.0+dfsg1-1~exp1ubuntu3).

Removing libopencv-calib3d3.1:amd64 (3.1.0+dfsg1-1~exp1ubuntu3) ...
dpkg: libopencv-features2d3.1:amd64: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you requested:
 libopencv-videostab3.1:amd64 depends on libopencv-features2d3.1; however:
  Package libopencv-features2d3.1:amd64 is to be removed.

Removing libopencv-features2d3.1:amd64 (3.1.0+dfsg1-1~exp1ubuntu3) ...
dpkg: libopencv-highgui3.1:amd64: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you requested:
 libopencv-objdetect3.1:amd64 depends on libopencv-highgui3.1 (= 3.1.0+dfsg1-1~exp1ubuntu3).

Removing libopencv-highgui3.1:amd64 (3.1.0+dfsg1-1~exp1ubuntu3) ...
dpkg: libopencv-videoio3.1:amd64: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you requested:
 libopencv-videostab3.1:amd64 depends on libopencv-videoio3.1; however:
  Package libopencv-videoio3.1:amd64 is to be removed.

Removing libopencv-videoio3.1:amd64 (3.1.0+dfsg1-1~exp1ubuntu3) ...
(Reading database ... 223075 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../0-gdal-data_2.2.3+dfsg-2_all.deb ...
Unpacking gdal-data (2.2.3+dfsg-2) over (2.2.1+dfsg-2build3) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libarmadillo8.
Preparing to unpack .../1-libarmadillo8_1%3a8.400.0+dfsg-2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libarmadillo8 (1:8.400.0+dfsg-2) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libnetcdf13:amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../2-libnetcdf13_1%3a4.6.0-2build1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libnetcdf13:amd64 (1:4.6.0-2build1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libxerces-c3.2:amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../3-libxerces-c3.2_3.2.0+debian-2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libxerces-c3.2:amd64 (3.2.0+debian-2) ...
Preparing to unpack .../4-libgdal20_2.2.3+dfsg-2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libgdal20 (2.2.3+dfsg-2) over (2.2.1+dfsg-2build3) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libgl2ps1.4.
Preparing to unpack .../5-libgl2ps1.4_1.4.0+dfsg1-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libgl2ps1.4 (1.4.0+dfsg1-1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../6-openjdk-8-jre-headless_8u162-b12-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking openjdk-8-jre-headless:amd64 (8u162-b12-1) over (8u151-b12-0ubuntu0.17.10.2) ...
Preparing to unpack .../7-xserver-xorg_1%3a7.7+19ubuntu5_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking xserver-xorg (1:7.7+19ubuntu5) over (1:7.7+19ubuntu3) ...
(Reading database ... 223098 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing libopencv-videostab3.1:amd64 (3.1.0+dfsg1-1~exp1ubuntu3) ...
Removing libopencv-objdetect3.1:amd64 (3.1.0+dfsg1-1~exp1ubuntu3) ...
Setting up libarmadillo8 (1:8.400.0+dfsg-2) ...
Setting up xserver-xorg (1:7.7+19ubuntu5) ...
Setting up gdal-data (2.2.3+dfsg-2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-0ubuntu2) ...
Setting up libnetcdf13:amd64 (1:4.6.0-2build1) ...
Setting up libxerces-c3.2:amd64 (3.2.0+debian-2) ...
Setting up xorg (1:7.7+19ubuntu5) ...
Setting up openjdk-8-jre-headless:amd64 (8u162-b12-1) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/java-8-openjdk/management/management.properties ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/java-8-openjdk/security/java.security ...
Setting up libgl2ps1.4 (1.4.0+dfsg1-1) ...
Setting up libgdal20 (2.2.3+dfsg-2) ...
Setting up libvtk6.3 (6.3.0+dfsg1-11build1) ...
Setting up openjdk-8-jre:amd64 (8u162-b12-1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-0ubuntu2) ...

6. type sudo apt update then sudo apt upgrade and the install will finish.

[Darin Miller (darinmiller)]

Confirmed here on 3 different machines.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for your report.

Could you please attach the content of the directory /var/log/dist-upgrade ?

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

I cannot reproduce by installing nvidia-current, vtk6 and default-jre on a freshly installed 17.10. I'll need the logs to investigate further.

[Jeff.m (vsteel)]

I used a blank drive and installed 17.10 I then did all updates with no other PPAs enabled besides the default Kubuntu ones. The driver manager did ask if I wanted to use a propitiatory Nvidia driver and I said yes and let it install the default Nvidia driver. I installed nothing else. I then did the upgrade.

Here is the contents of /var/log/dist-upgrade
xorg_fixup.log
main.log
history.log
apt-term.log
eipp.log.xz
apt.log
lspci.txt
apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz

I have attached the files

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for the logs.

From term.log it's a dependency issue when processing triggers for plymouth
"""
Processing triggers for plymouth-theme-kubuntu-text (1:17.10ubuntu3) ...
dpkg: warning: version '/etc/lsb-release' has bad syntax: version number does not start with digit
rmdir: failed to remove '/lib/plymouth/': No such file or directory
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
dpkg: dependency problems prevent processing triggers for plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text:
 plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text depends on lsb-release; however:
  Package lsb-release is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package plymouth-theme-ubuntu-text (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving triggers unprocessed
"""

However I still cannot reproduce it with Kubuntu and the nvidia drivers installed.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Please provide the contents of /etc/lsb-release ideally from before the upgrade. Thanks!

[Jeff.m (vsteel)]

Do you want to see /etc/lsb-release after 17.10 install and updates but before I issue the sudo do-release-upgrade -d command or after I get the failed install but before I issue the fix broken command?