Public bug reported: Upon trying to do an apt-get upgrade I run into this error:
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages will be upgraded: uuid-runtime 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 2 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/12.3 kB of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] (Reading database ... 27622 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../uuid-runtime_2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.7_amd64.deb ... Unpacking uuid-runtime (2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.7) over (2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.6) ... dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/uuid-runtime_2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.7_amd64.deb (--unpack): unable to make backup link of `./usr/sbin/uuidd' before installing new version: Operation not permitted Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1ubuntu1) ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/uuid-runtime_2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.7_amd64.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: util-linux 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu20.7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-26.28~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt4 Uname: Linux 3.19.0-26-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.13 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Sep 21 19:43:02 2015 ProcEnviron: TERM=screen-256color PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: util-linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: util-linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty uec-images -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1498162 Title: unable to make backup link of `./usr/sbin/uuidd' before installing new version: Operation not permitted To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/util-linux/+bug/1498162/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs