Unable to do-release-upgade linux because python 3.10 packages are unupgradeable

kkron

4/23/24, 7:11 PM

I'm trying to do-release-upgrade to 23.04 but I'm unable to

do-release-upgrade

because python 3.10 packages are unupgradeable I'm not sure if it's related but I can't run neither zoom nor teams on this OS which is my main motivation for an upgrade.

Checking for a new Ubuntu release
Please install all available updates
for your release before upgrading. 
root@:~# apt upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
libpython3.10-minimal libpython3.10-stdlib python3.10 python3.10-minimal
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.

So I tried upgrading libpython3.10-stdlib which seems like the base package which leads to a libssl issue and a fixing that leads to libpython3.10-stdlib : Depends: libffi7 (>= 3.3~20180313) but it is not installable E: Broken packages

sudo apt -oDebug::pkgAcquire::Worker=1 upgrade libpython3.10-stdlib

Reading package lists... Done

...

The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libpython3.10-stdlib : Depends: libpython3.10-minimal (= 3.10.11-1+focal1) but 3.10.7-1ubuntu0.3 is to be installed
                        Depends: libffi7 (>= 3.3~20180313) but it is not installable
 python3.10 : Depends: libpython3.10-stdlib (= 3.10.7-1ubuntu0.3) but 3.10.11-1+focal1 is to be installed
E: Broken packages

0 + 7

upgrade

updates

python

zoom-meeting

microsoft-teams

Artur Meinild

4/23/24, 7:16 PM

Did you somehow update Python to a non-standard version earlier? This can lead to unexpected problems.

Nmath

4/23/24, 7:21 PM

Changing the python interpreter can be a system killer. You may need to reinstall the OS. Don't change the python interpreter on your system. Use virtual environments instead.

kkron

4/23/24, 7:25 PM

Totally right about not changing system python interpreter but I'm trying to work throught this! I did find a problem with libssl

karel

4/24/24, 2:43 AM

Did you use `sudo update-alternatives --config python3` to change the system python interpreter or did you uninstall the default python version? If you uninstalled the default python version you need to reinstall it and run `sudo update-alternatives --config python3` and select it as the default version again.

kkron

4/24/24, 5:19 PM

@karel that returns "update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for python3.10" even though 3.8, 3.9 and 3.12 are installed.

Thomas Ward

4/24/24, 5:33 PM

You have some type of PPA enabled right now which supersedes the system Python. `3.10.11-1+focal1` is NOT an Ubuntu version string, it's a PPA or otherwise. Show the output of `apt-cache policy python3.10` before continuing to debug this. You have *something* providing Python 3.10 that is not the Ubuntu repos.

kkron

4/24/24, 5:39 PM

Thomas if you care to post this as an answer I will accept it as correct.

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