18.04 could not install 'menu'

What is the output of:

apt-cache policy menu

Thanks

I hit this also and my distribution upgrade has stalled at "Installed libkmod2". Many apps fail to open in the stalled state, for example I can't even open a terminal to run the `apt-cache policy menu` command.

$ apt-cache policy menu
menu:
  Installed: 2.1.47ubuntu2
  Candidate: 2.1.47ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 2.1.47ubuntu2 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
robert@robert-Linux-AMD64-bit:~/Desktop$

OK what is the full output of:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Thanks

Same here

Ubuntu-mate 17.10 to 18.04

menu:
  Installed: 2.1.47ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2.1.47ubuntu2
  Version table:
     2.1.47ubuntu2 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
 *** 2.1.47ubuntu1 100
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Reading package lists... Done
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/

I'm stuck in the middle of the upgrade.
https://imgur.com/a/ZqcNsmH
When I click on close, it instantly reopens the error, and the upgrade doesn't advance.

If you reboot and run:

sudo apt-get --simulate remove menu

What is the output please?

The computer was not rebooting properly so I had to do a dpkg --configure -a in recovery mode

Anyways here is the output.

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 compiz-plugins : Depends: compiz-core (= 1:0.9.13.1+18.04.20180302-0ubuntu1) but 1:0.9.13.1+17.10.20170901-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
 compiz-plugins-default : Depends: compiz-core (= 1:0.9.13.1+18.04.20180302-0ubuntu1) but 1:0.9.13.1+17.10.20170901-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
                          Depends: libdecoration0 (= 1:0.9.13.1+18.04.20180302-0ubuntu1) but 1:0.9.13.1+17.10.20170901-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
 fwupd : Depends: libappstream-glib8 (>= 0.7.4) but 0.7.1-2 is to be installed
         Depends: libfwupd2 (>= 1.0.4) but it is not going to be installed
         Depends: libgcab-1.0-0 (>= 1.0) but 0.7-4ubuntu0.1 is to be installed
 libavdevice57 : Depends: libsdl2-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.8) but 2.0.6+dfsg1-3ubuntu1 is to be installed
 libfwup1 : Depends: libefiboot1 (>= 34) but 31-1 is to be installed
 libvtk6.3 : Depends: gdal-abi-2-2-3
             Depends: libgl2ps1.4 but it is not going to be installed
             Depends: libnetcdf13 (>= 4.0.1) but it is not going to be installed
 libwxgtk3.0-0v5 : Depends: libwxbase3.0-0v5 (>= 3.0.4+dfsg) but 3.0.3.1+dfsg2-1 is to be installed
 virtualbox-qt : Depends: virtualbox (= 5.2.10-dfsg-6)
 xorg : Depends: xserver-xorg (>= 1:7.7+19ubuntu7) but 1:7.7+19ubuntu3 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

sudo apt-get update

Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [83,2 kB]
Hit:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [83,2 kB]
Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main i386 Packages [49,9 kB]
Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages [50,5 kB]
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main Translation-en [17,5 kB]
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64 Packages [21,9 kB]
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe i386 Packages [22,0 kB]
Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe Translation-en [10,9 kB]
Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages [1 748 B]
Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [1 904 B]
Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse Translation-en [1 236 B]
Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main i386 Packages [37,8 kB]
Get:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 Packages [38,4 kB]
Get:17 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main Translation-en [12,9 kB]
Get:18 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe i386 Packages [12,5 kB]
Get:19 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe amd64 Packages [12,5 kB]
Get:20 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe Translation-en [5 728 B]
Fetched 464 kB in 1s (673 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done

sudo apt-get upgrade
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

Sorry for those multiple comments, it seems I can't edit previous messages.

I finally have an output from sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 compiz-plugins : Depends: compiz-core (= 1:0.9.13.1+18.04.20180302-0ubuntu1) but 1:0.9.13.1+17.10.20170901-0ubuntu1 is installed
 compiz-plugins-default : Depends: compiz-core (= 1:0.9.13.1+18.04.20180302-0ubuntu1) but 1:0.9.13.1+17.10.20170901-0ubuntu1 is installed
                          Depends: libdecoration0 (= 1:0.9.13.1+18.04.20180302-0ubuntu1) but 1:0.9.13.1+17.10.20170901-0ubuntu1 is installed
 fwupd : Depends: libappstream-glib8 (>= 0.7.4) but 0.7.1-2 is installed
         Depends: libfwupd2 (>= 1.0.4) but it is not installed
         Depends: libgcab-1.0-0 (>= 1.0) but 0.7-4ubuntu0.1 is installed
 libavdevice57 : Depends: libsdl2-2.0-0 (>= 2.0.8) but 2.0.6+dfsg1-3ubuntu1 is installed
 libfwup1 : Depends: libefiboot1 (>= 34) but 31-1 is installed
 libvtk6.3 : Depends: gdal-abi-2-2-3
             Depends: libgl2ps1.4 but it is not installed
             Depends: libnetcdf13 (>= 4.0.1) but it is not installed
 libwxgtk3.0-0v5 : Depends: libwxbase3.0-0v5 (>= 3.0.4+dfsg) but 3.0.3.1+dfsg2-1 is installed
 virtualbox-qt : Depends: virtualbox (= 5.2.10-dfsg-6)
 xorg : Depends: xserver-xorg (>= 1:7.7+19ubuntu7) but 1:7.7+19ubuntu3 is installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

robert@robert-Linux-AMD64-bit:~/Desktop$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for robert:
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Ign:3 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Ign:4 https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Err:5 https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu bionic Release
  404 Not Found [IP: 151.101.56.69 443]
Hit:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful InRelease
Hit:7 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release
Hit:8 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful-updates InRelease
Hit:9 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Ign:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/swi-prolog/stable/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Err:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net/swi-prolog/stable/ubuntu bionic Release
  404 Not Found [IP: 91.189.95.83 80]
Reading package lists... Done
E: The repository 'https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu bionic Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
E: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/swi-prolog/stable/ubuntu bionic Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
robert@robert-Linux-AMD64-bit:~/Desktop$ sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  amd64-microcode bbswitch-dkms common-lisp-controller gcc-7-base:i386
  gnome-orca intel-microcode iucode-tool libclang1-5.0 libcuda1-384
  libcudart8.0 libdevhelp-3-4 libffcall1 libicu57:i386 libidn11:i386
  libllvm5.0:i386 libnvidia-cfg1-390 libnvidia-compute-390:i386
  libnvidia-decode-390 libnvidia-decode-390:i386 libnvidia-encode-390
  libnvidia-encode-390:i386 libnvidia-fbc1-390 libnvidia-fbc1-390:i386
  libnvidia-ifr1-390 libnvidia-ifr1-390:i386 libpoppler-qt4-4 libqt5designer5
  libqt5help5 libqt5sql5 libqt5sql5-sqlite libqt5test5 libssl1.0.0:i386
  libtxc-dxtn-s2tc:i386 libva-wayland1 linux-headers-4.13.0-39
  linux-headers-4.13.0-39-generic linux-image-4.13.0-39-generic
  linux-image-extra-4.13.0-39-generic linux-signed-image-4.13.0-39-generic
  linux-signed-image-generic nvidia-384 nvidia-compute-utils-390
  nvidia-dkms-390 nvidia-driver-390 nvidia-headless-390
  nvidia-headless-no-dkms-390 nvidia-kernel-common-390
  nvidia-kernel-source-390 nvidia-opencl-icd-384 nvidia-settings
  nvidia-utils-390 python-enum34 python3-dbus.mainloop.pyqt5 python3-pyqt5
  python3-sip realpath ruby2.3 ruby2.3-dev ruby2.3-doc screen-resolution-extra
  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-390
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be upgraded:
  google-chrome-stable
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 52.3 MB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable/main amd64 google-chrome-stable amd64 66.0.3359.181-1 [52.3 MB]
Fetched 52.3 MB in 6s (9,390 kB/s)
(Reading database ... 450024 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../google-chrome-stable_66.0.3359.181-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking google-chrome-stable (66.0.3359.181-1) over (66.0.3359.139-1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for menu (2.1.47ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3+18.04.20180207.2-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-11ubuntu1) ...
Setting up google-chrome-stable (66.0.3359.181-1) ...
Processing triggers for menu (2.1.47ubuntu2) ...
robert@robert-Linux-AMD64-bit:~/Desktop$

@Robert P: I have just given instructions how to get rid of the "404" and "no release file" errors in your other question document https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/668753.

@EmiL: Do not misuse somebody else's question document for your problem, but create your own question document.