I remove the offending package that stoped the update process. And Synaptics works.
I remove bzip2-doc package through # dpkg. I could not remove bzip2-doc with Synaptics. I used dpkg --remove bzip2-doc. It worked. I then upgraded with Synaptics. I conclude: -- there is a configuration problem with the present bzip2-doc package -- there is a parsing problem with the apt-listbug parser, it is not very robust. -- apt-get doesn't upgrade nor install programs anymore https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/193831 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs