[ale] Never update before coffee - what now?

[Jim Lynch]

On 03/11/2013 09:47 PM, Neal Rhodes wrote:
> The /etc/apt/sources.list file hasn't changed since 12/17/2011 and 
> contains references to lucid.
>
> the /var/log/dpkg.log.1 file below generally reads like it's got a few 
> harmless packages to update, and then it sprinkles in the words 
> UPGRADE and UPDATE.
>
> If it was truly going to upgrade to 12 wouldn't there be hundreds of 
> packages.
>
> So, maybe this was just a big update, and it's still going reboot as 
> Ubuntu 10LTS?
>
> Remember, I'm just not sure what all it did, what it's gonna do when 
> it reboots.
>
> thanks,
> Neal.
apt-get uses the term upgrade to both go from one version to another and 
to apply newer versions of packages so don't be concerned about the 
nomenclature.

Things to try:

sudo apt-get clean

sudo apt-get install -f

sudo dpkg --configure -a