Unable to update Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04

Question

I am unable to download the latest version of Ubuntu

I am getting below error:

The required dependency 'dpkg (>= 1.17.5ubuntu5.6)' is not installed.

i have tried everything about updating and downloading the dpkg package but its still getting the same here.

Can someone please help?

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 02 '16 at 04:41

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Step 1 :

Step 2 :

sudo dpkg -i dpkg_1.17.5ubuntu5.6_amd64.deb

Then trigger the update again by:

sudo do-release-upgrade -d

edited Oct 02 '16 at 04:41

edwinksl

answered Oct 02 '16 at 02:28

KathirVel .A

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