[00:57] <ben_ubuntu> hi, i am using 16.  it just offered me to upgrade to bionic beaver.  however i did not have enough memory.  now i can't seem to get the upgrade again.
[00:57] <ben_ubuntu> (i cleared the hard drive)
[01:47] <ben_ubuntu> ?
[01:57] <krytarik> I'd be curious what you mean by "i cleared the hard drive" in this context.
[02:02] <ben_ubuntu> made enough space that the installer was asking for
[02:03] <ben_ubuntu> if i remember correctly, it only asked for the proper amount of space after beginning installation
[02:06] <krytarik> "lsb_release -a" in a terminal should confirm you are actually on Bionic already now - and just need to follow through with the upgrades.
[02:07] <ben_ubuntu> "Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
[02:07] <ben_ubuntu> Description:	Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS
[02:07] <ben_ubuntu> Release:	16.04
[02:07] <ben_ubuntu> Codename:	xenial
[02:07] <ben_ubuntu> "
[02:08] <ben_ubuntu> the installation stopped after a couple of minutes, said how much space i had and how much i needed. then it said it was uninstalling the updates and to try later.
[02:14] <krytarik> And if you start the Software Updater from the menu now, it doesn't offer the version upgrade anymore?
[02:30] <ben_ubuntu> exactly
[02:33] <krytarik> "do-release-upgrade" in a terminal would be another option to initiate it.
[02:43] <ben_ubuntu> trying it ty
[03:01] <ben_ubuntu> seems to be working, i appreciate
[03:02] <krytarik> Yay! \o/
[03:18] <ben_ubuntu> lots of things happened then this:  "Failed to stop anacron-resume.service: Transaction is destructive.
[03:18] <ben_ubuntu> See system logs and 'systemctl status anacron-resume.service' for details.
[03:18] <ben_ubuntu> dpkg: warning: old anacron package pre-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 4
[03:18] <ben_ubuntu> dpkg: trying script from the new package instead ...
[03:18] <ben_ubuntu> Failed to stop anacron.timer: Unit anacron.timer not loaded.
[03:18] <ben_ubuntu> dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/anacron_2.3-24_amd64.deb (--unpack):
[03:18] <ben_ubuntu>  new anacron package pre-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 5
[03:18] <ben_ubuntu> ERROR: Cannot create report: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/crash/anacron.0.crash'
[03:18] <ben_ubuntu> "
[03:21] <ben_ubuntu> though i just did the lsb release command and it says 18.04
[03:26] <krytarik> "sudo apt full-upgrade" and/or "sudo dpkg --configure -a" give any errors?
[03:32] <ben_ubuntu> says dpkg status database is locked by another process
[03:34] <ben_ubuntu> terminal keeps crashing and other progs crash or don't run right, though have not restarted computer yet
[03:34] <ben_ubuntu> some work
[03:37] <krytarik> Might just try that, or do it in recovery mode if it fails.
[03:39] <ben_ubuntu> i'll see what happens.  appreciated again.