Ubuntu version upgrade problems

[myselfolli]

Hello everybody!

 

I have a problem at work: We're using a Ubuntu VM running Ubuntu 17.10 (artful), which I am trying to upgrade to the most current version of ubuntu.

I want to do this using

sudo do-release-upgrade

but that just tells me, that my python3 installation is corrupted and that I have to fix my /usr/bin/python3 symlink.

 

So I checked online and I was told, that my python3 symlink has to point to python3.6 and that some people have had problems when they were using update-alternatives. I checked the symlink (it's correct) and we're not using update-alternatives.

 

My problem however persists, I can't seem to upgrade my ubuntu version.

 

Edit: Another possible solution that was suggested online, was reinstalling python3

sudo apt-get install --reinstall python

But that gives me another error:

Reinstallation of python is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.

 

So that won't work either

[WereCatf]

13 minutes ago, myselfolli said:

but that just tells me, that my python3 installation is corrupted and that I have to fix my /usr/bin/python3 symlink.

 

It seems other people have had the same issue and on https://www.reddit.com/r/pop_os/comments/aduzbg/upgrading_1804_to_1810_python3_install_is/ someone mentioned that they fixed it with the following:

 

apt-get -y remove --purge python2.7-minimal

apt-get -y autoremove

 

Might be worth trying, though take a backup of your VM first.

[LukeSavenije]

drops off @Twilight and @Sauron

[myselfolli]

3 minutes ago, WereCatf said:

 

It seems other people have had the same issue and on https://www.reddit.com/r/pop_os/comments/aduzbg/upgrading_1804_to_1810_python3_install_is/ someone mentioned that they fixed it with the following:

 

apt-get -y remove --purge python2.7-minimal

apt-get -y autoremove

 

Might be worth trying, though take a backup of your VM first.

That appears to have helped, thank you!