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Ubuntu dist-upgrade failure from 13.10 to 14.04 LTS [duplicate]

I have tried to upgrade Ubuntu in graphical mode from 13.10 to 14.04 but I've got this error: "Could not calculate the upgrade" What should I do next?
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I tried to update from 13.04 to 13.10. Got the "Could not calculate the upgrade" error [duplicate]

I ran grep Broken /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log Here is what I got Broken libpam-systemd:i386 Conflicts on libpam-xdg-support [ i386 ] < 0.2-0ubuntu2 > ( universe/admin ) Broken iputils-ping:...
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Could not calculate the upgrade, Upgrade 12.04 to 14.04 [duplicate]

I get the error Could not calculate the upgrade An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade. This can be caused by: * Upgrading to a pre-release version of Ubuntu * Running ...
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Unable to upgrade from 17.04 to 17.10. Could not calculate the upgrade. An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade [duplicate]

I'm trying sudo do-release-upgrade and it fails with the following error: Calculating the changes Could not calculate the upgrade An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade. ...
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Upgrade from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04 failed [duplicate]

I am fighting to upgrade my Ubuntu and I am dealing with troubles. I tried to do it with sudo do-release-upgrade and also from the Software Updater. I tried out a lot of things (here on StackExchange, ...
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failed to calculate upgrade [duplicate]

so I tried to update my ubuntu(saucy) to the new LTS release, but it gave me the error that the package manager could not calculate the upgrade. at which point I ran this in console and got this ...
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Error during update Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04 [duplicate]

I have tried to update Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04. I make sure that all updates have been installed. I used this manual for update: https://www.linuxtechi.com/upgrade-ubuntu-18-04-lts-to-ubuntu-20-04-lts/ ...
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How to hold a package back from being upgraded? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to forbid a specific package to be updated? I don't want my kernel or grub updated until I do it manually. Is this possible in Ubuntu (10.04, I suppose)?
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Can not Upgrade to Ubuntu 14.04

When I try to upgrade from Ubuntu Gnome 13.10 to Ubuntu 14.04, the upgrade application fails with the following message: Could not calculate the upgrade. An unresolvable problem occurred while ...
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Removing broken packages on distro update (13.04 to 13.10)

i'm kinda new to linux. last night i tried upgrading from 13.04 to 13.10 but i got the "could not calculate" error. i read this question and found this error in the main log: Dist-upgrade failed: 'E:...
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Upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04 fails because of PPAs. How to proceed?

I'm on Ubuntu 19.10 and I'm trying to upgrade to 20.04. Unfortunately the upgrade failed with a message saying that it "possibly failed because of unofficial software packages which are not provided ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 upgrade from 13.10: Using unofficial software packages not provided by ubuntu

I am having an issues upgrading to 14.04 (Trusty Tahr) from 13.10 (Saucy Salamander), where I get a message Could not calculate the upgrade, and I believe it is due to my unofficial software packages. ...
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Problems removing PPA using ppa-purge for upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04

I followed this answer: https://askubuntu.com/a/646918/1118094 I get: sudo ppa-purge ppa:haraldhv/shotcut sudo ppa-purge ppa:indicator-brightness/ppa sudo ppa-purge ppa:wireshark-dev/stable sudo ppa-...
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Could not calculate upgrade 14.04 -> 16.04

I'm running Ubuntu 14.04.4 and just tried unsuccessfully to upgrade to 16.04.1. 14.04 has been reliable, but 16.04 is being less than hospitable! I sudo do-release-upgrade, and it falls over in ...
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Upgrading from 14.04 to 15.10 fails - can not calculate the upgrade

This is not a duplicate because this has not been answered. Because 14.10 no longer exists, I am unable to upgrade to 15.10. The reason why I would like to upgrade is because 14.04LTS is very slow ...
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