I am trying to upgrade from version 15 to 16 and I am unable to. The error message is The required dependency 'apt (>= 1.0.10.2ubuntu2)' is not installed. . Any assistance to resolve this will be highly appreciated.
I have tried the options as per the site https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+question/660149 and the output as per the last instructions are as follows
peter@peter-Aspire-5733Z:~$ cd
peter@peter-Aspire-5733Z:~$ rm -v *apt*.deb*
removed ‘apt_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb’
removed ‘apt-transport-https_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb’
removed ‘apt-utils_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb’
removed ‘libapt-inst1.7_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb’
removed ‘libapt-pkg4.16_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb’
peter@peter-Aspire-5733Z:~$ wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/254524267/apt_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
--2018-09-12 14:41:50-- http://launchpadlibrarian.net/254524267/apt_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Resolving launchpadlibrarian.net (launchpadlibrarian.net)... 91.189.89.229, 91.189.89.228
Connecting to launchpadlibrarian.net (launchpadlibrarian.net)|91.189.89.229|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 986732 (964K) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: ‘apt_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb’
apt_1.0.10.2ubuntu2 100%[=====================>] 963.61K 123KB/s in 7.2s
2018-09-12 14:42:02 (133 KB/s) - ‘apt_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb’ saved [986732/986732]
peter@peter-Aspire-5733Z:~$ wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/254524267/apt_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd32.deb
--2018-09-12 14:42:24-- http://launchpadlibrarian.net/254524267/apt_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd32.deb
Resolving launchpadlibrarian.net (launchpadlibrarian.net)... 91.189.89.228, 91.189.89.229
Connecting to launchpadlibrarian.net (launchpadlibrarian.net)|91.189.89.228|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2018-09-12 14:42:27 ERROR 404: Not Found.
peter@peter-Aspire-5733Z:~$ wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/254524264/apt-transport-https_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
--2018-09-12 14:42:47-- http://launchpadlibrarian.net/254524264/apt-transport-https_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Resolving launchpadlibrarian.net (launchpadlibrarian.net)... 91.189.89.229, 91.189.89.228
Connecting to launchpadlibrarian.net (launchpadlibrarian.net)|91.189.89.229|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 25402 (25K) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: ‘apt-transport-https_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb’
apt-transport-https 100%[=====================>] 24.81K 60.4KB/s in 0.4s
2018-09-12 14:42:50 (60.4 KB/s) - ‘apt-transport-https_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb’ saved [25402/25402]
peter@peter-Aspire-5733Z:~$ wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/254524266/apt-utils_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
--2018-09-12 14:43:09-- http://launchpadlibrarian.net/254524266/apt-utils_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Resolving launchpadlibrarian.net (launchpadlibrarian.net)... 91.189.89.228, 91.189.89.229
Connecting to launchpadlibrarian.net (launchpadlibrarian.net)|91.189.89.228|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 180220 (176K) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: ‘apt-utils_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb’
apt-utils_1.0.10.2u 100%[=====================>] 176.00K 173KB/s in 1.0s
2018-09-12 14:43:13 (173 KB/s) - ‘apt-utils_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb’ saved [180220/180220]
peter@peter-Aspire-5733Z:~$ wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/254524269/libapt-inst1.7_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
--2018-09-12 14:43:27-- http://launchpadlibrarian.net/254524269/libapt-inst1.7_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Resolving launchpadlibrarian.net (launchpadlibrarian.net)... 91.189.89.229, 91.189.89.228
Connecting to launchpadlibrarian.net (launchpadlibrarian.net)|91.189.89.229|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 58046 (57K) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: ‘libapt-inst1.7_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb’
libapt-inst1.7_1.0. 100%[=====================>] 56.69K 88.3KB/s in 0.6s
2018-09-12 14:43:31 (88.3 KB/s) - ‘libapt-inst1.7_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb’ saved [58046/58046]
peter@peter-Aspire-5733Z:~$
peter@peter-Aspire-5733Z:~$ wget http://launchpadlibrarian.net/254524270/libapt-pkg4.16_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
--2018-09-12 14:43:50-- http://launchpadlibrarian.net/254524270/libapt-pkg4.16_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Resolving launchpadlibrarian.net (launchpadlibrarian.net)... 91.189.89.228, 91.189.89.229
Connecting to launchpadlibrarian.net (launchpadlibrarian.net)|91.189.89.228|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 636172 (621K) [application/x-debian-package]
Saving to: ‘libapt-pkg4.16_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb’
libapt-pkg4.16_1.0. 100%[=====================>] 621.26K 242KB/s in 2.6s
2018-09-12 14:43:55 (242 KB/s) - ‘libapt-pkg4.16_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb’ saved [636172/636172]
peter@peter-Aspire-5733Z:~$ ls -l *apt*.deb*
-rw-rw-r-- 1 peter peter 986732 Apr 19 2016 apt_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
-rw-rw-r-- 1 peter peter 25402 Apr 19 2016 apt-transport-https_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
-rw-rw-r-- 1 peter peter 180220 Apr 19 2016 apt-utils_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
-rw-rw-r-- 1 peter peter 58046 Apr 19 2016 libapt-inst1.7_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
-rw-rw-r-- 1 peter peter 636172 Apr 19 2016 libapt-pkg4.16_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
peter@peter-Aspire-5733Z:~$ sudo dpkg --install apt_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb apt-transport-https_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb apt-utils_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb libapt-inst1.7_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb libapt-pkg4.16_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
dpkg: error processing archive apt_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb (--install):
package architecture (amd64) does not match system (i386)
dpkg: error processing archive apt-transport-https_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb (--install):
package architecture (amd64) does not match system (i386)
dpkg: error processing archive apt-utils_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb (--install):
package architecture (amd64) does not match system (i386)
dpkg: error processing archive libapt-inst1.7_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb (--install):
package architecture (amd64) does not match system (i386)
dpkg: error processing archive libapt-pkg4.16_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb (--install):
package architecture (amd64) does not match system (i386)
Errors were encountered while processing:
apt_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
apt-transport-https_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
apt-utils_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
libapt-inst1.7_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
libapt-pkg4.16_1.0.10.2ubuntu2_amd64.d