upgrading to Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS

This is not a job for the faint hearted 🙁

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install –only-upgrade openssl
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install –only-upgrade libssl-dev

sudo apt-get install –only-upgrade apt
apt-cache policy apt

Step 1.

wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg_1.17.5ubuntu5.6_amd64.deb

OR (Depending on your system)

wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg_1.17.5ubuntu5.6_i386.deb

IF YOU ARE UNSURE RUN COMMAND uname -m

Step 2.

sudo dpkg -i dpkg_1.17.5ubuntu5.6_amd64.deb

Then trigger the update again by:

sudo do-release-upgrade -d

sudo a2dismod php7.0
sudo a2enmod php5.6
sudo service apache2 restart