No se puede actualizar de 15.10 a 16.04

No se puede actualizar de 15.10 a 16.04

He intentado actualizar de Ubuntu 15.10 a 16.04 sin éxito y no se completa. Al ejecutar el administrador de actualizaciones desde la terminal, se obtiene lo siguiente cuando falla la actualización. De la búsqueda parece que esto está relacionado con problemas de Python. Como mi conocimiento de Linux/ubuntu es limitado, solicito ayuda/orientación sobre cómo resolver el problema para poder actualizar con éxito, es decir, qué puedo verificar, registros, etc. o comandos para emitir en busca de pistas para identificar el problema que tengo.

Mensajes que se muestran cuando falla la actualización:

Checking for a new Ubuntu release
Your Ubuntu release is not supported anymore.
For upgrade information, please visit:
http://www.ubuntu.com/releaseendoflife

Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged.
authenticate 'xenial.tar.gz' against 'xenial.tar.gz.gpg' 
extracting 'xenial.tar.gz'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-46o837s0/xenial", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-46o837s0/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeMain.py", line 239, in main
    save_system_state(logdir)
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-46o837s0/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeMain.py", line 131, in save_system_state
    scrub_sources=True)
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-46o837s0/DistUpgrade/apt_clone.py", line 149, in save_state
    self._write_state_installed_pkgs(sourcedir, tar)
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-46o837s0/DistUpgrade/apt_clone.py", line 203, in _write_state_installed_pkgs
    import lsb_release
ImportError: No module named 'lsb_release'
Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/problem_report.py", line 480, in add_to_existing
    self.write(f)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/problem_report.py", line 433, in write
    block = f.read(1048576)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.4/codecs.py", line 319, in decode
    (result, consumed) = self._buffer_decode(data, self.errors, final)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x8b in position 1: invalid start byte

Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-46o837s0/xenial", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-46o837s0/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeMain.py", line 239, in main
    save_system_state(logdir)
  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-46o837s0/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeMain.py", line 131, in save_system_state
    scrub_sources=True)

Archivo de registro

2017-05-26 19:37:22,056 ERROR not handled exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-4vs1duge/xenial", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())

  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-4vs1duge/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeMain.py", line 239, in main
    save_system_state(logdir)

  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-4vs1duge/DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeMain.py", line 131, in save_system_state
    scrub_sources=True)

  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-4vs1duge/DistUpgrade/apt_clone.py", line 149, in save_state
    self._write_state_installed_pkgs(sourcedir, tar)

  File "/tmp/ubuntu-release-upgrader-4vs1duge/DistUpgrade/apt_clone.py", line 203, in _write_state_installed_pkgs
    import lsb_release

ImportError: No module named 'lsb_release'

2017-05-26 19:37:22,057 DEBUG running apport_crash()
2017-05-26 19:37:22,263 DEBUG enabling apt cron job

Correrlsb_release -a

LSB Version:    core-2.0-amd64:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-amd64:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-amd64:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-amd64:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch:core-4.1-amd64:core-4.1-noarch:cxx-3.0-amd64:cxx-3.0-noarch:cxx-3.1-amd64:cxx-3.1-noarch:cxx-3.2-amd64:cxx-3.2-noarch:cxx-4.0-amd64:cxx-4.0-noarch:cxx-4.1-amd64:cxx-4.1-noarch:desktop-3.1-amd64:desktop-3.1-noarch:desktop-3.2-amd64:desktop-3.2-noarch:desktop-4.0-amd64:desktop-4.0-noarch:desktop-4.1-amd64:desktop-4.1-noarch:graphics-2.0-amd64:graphics-2.0-noarch:graphics-3.0-amd64:graphics-3.0-noarch:graphics-3.1-amd64:graphics-3.1-noarch:graphics-3.2-amd64:graphics-3.2-noarch:graphics-4.0-amd64:graphics-4.0-noarch:graphics-4.1-amd64:graphics-4.1-noarch:languages-3.2-amd64:languages-3.2-noarch:languages-4.0-amd64:languages-4.0-noarch:languages-4.1-amd64:languages-4.1-noarch:multimedia-3.2-amd64:multimedia-3.2-noarch:multimedia-4.0-amd64:multimedia-4.0-noarch:multimedia-4.1-amd64:multimedia-4.1-noarch:printing-3.2-amd64:printing-3.2-noarch:printing-4.0-amd64:printing-4.0-noarch:printing-4.1-amd64:printing-4.1-noarch:qt4-3.1-amd64:qt4-3.1-noarch:security-4.0-amd64:security-4.0-noarch:security-4.1-amd64:security-4.1-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 15.10
Release:    15.10
Codename:   wily

Respuesta1

El problema encontrado se debió a la versión lsb_releaseinstalada.

Corriendo desde la terminal

python /usr/bin/lsb_release

O

python2.7 /usr/bin/lsb_release

ambos estan bien

Mientras

python3 /usr/bin/lsb_release

O

python3.4 /usr/bin/lsb_release

dio

ImportError: No module named 'lsb_release'

Bajé lsb_releasea 4.1+Debian11ubuntu8la versión usando Synaptic Package Manager para solucionar el problema.

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