Missing dependency for Ubuntu 16.04 upgrade

Question

When I attempted to upgrade from Ubuntu 14.04 to 16.04, the upgrade stopped and I received the following message:

Required depends is not installed 
The required dependency 'apt (>= 1.0.1ubuntu2.13)' is not installed.

How do I fix this?

Solution

In Ubuntu 14.04, open the terminal and type:

sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade apt  

Afterwards running this command in Ubuntu 14.04:

apt-cache policy apt

Should produce these results:

apt:
  Installed: 1.0.1ubuntu2.14
  Candidate: 1.0.1ubuntu2.14

If the first command doesn't work, the long version is:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt full-upgrade # in 14.04 use sudo apt-get dist-upgrade instead
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade apt
sudo do-release-upgrade

Comments

[wjandrea]

Same question: 14.0 LTS to 16.04 LTS error

[wjandrea]

@RayWalker If it worked, please click the checkmark to mark the answer as accepted :)

[Ray Walker]

I Ran the long version of the command and got this result, again. The required dependency 'apt (>= 1.0.1ubuntu2.13)' is not installed.

[Ray Walker]

Now, I'm lost. Can I have guidance on getting 1.0.1ubuntu2.14 and installing it?