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On Ubuntu 14.04, when I try to install an app or even just do:

sudo apt-get upgrade

I always end up with this message at the end:

Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Abort.

I didn't type anything, it just automatically aborts.

Can you guys help me?

=======[ Edit #1 Aug 12 ]=======
Here I have copied the entire terminal texts.
I have run 2 command here, the:
sudo apt-get update and then after I get the result I run the
sudo apt-get upgrade

Here's the copied texts from terminal:

franzbiely@Franz-Gizmo:~$ sudo apt-get update

Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease                                 

Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease                                  

Ign http://archive.canonical.com trusty InRelease                              

Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease                                  

Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates InRelease                         

Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease                                  

Hit http://archive.canonical.com trusty Release.gpg                            

Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg                                

Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports InRelease                       

Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease                                  

Hit http://archive.canonical.com trusty Release                                

Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty Release                                    

Hit http://archive.canonical.com trusty/partner Sources                        

Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Sources                               

Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release.gpg                                

Ign http://dl.google.com stable InRelease                                      

Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release.gpg                                

Hit http://archive.canonical.com trusty/partner amd64 Packages                 

Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg                                    

Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release.gpg                                

Hit http://archive.canonical.com trusty/partner i386 Packages                  

Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main amd64 Packages                        

Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security InRelease                        

Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release                                        

Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release                                    

Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main i386 Packages                         

Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main amd64 Packages                            

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg                               

Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release                                    

Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main i386 Packages                             

Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates Release.gpg [933 B]             

Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release                                    

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports Release.gpg                     

Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main amd64 Packages                        

Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security Release.gpg [933 B]            

Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main i386 Packages                         

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release                                   

Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates Release [59.7 kB]               

Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main amd64 Packages                        

Ign http://archive.canonical.com trusty/partner Translation-en_PH              

Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main i386 Packages                         

Ign http://archive.canonical.com trusty/partner Translation-en                 

Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_PH                     

Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en                        

Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_PH                         

Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en                            

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports Release                         

Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main amd64 Packages                        

Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security Release [59.7 kB]              

Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main i386 Packages                         

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main amd64 Packages                       

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted amd64 Packages                 

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe amd64 Packages                   

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse amd64 Packages                 

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main i386 Packages                        

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted i386 Packages                  

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe i386 Packages                    

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse i386 Packages                  

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en                       

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en                 

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en

Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages [290 kB]

Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-en_PH

Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-en 

Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-en_PH

Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-en  

Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-en_PH                     

Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty/main Translation-en                        

Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted amd64 Packages [5,820 B]

Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe amd64 Packages [177 kB]

Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages [7,381 B]

Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main i386 Packages [286 kB]     

Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted i386 Packages [5,820 B]

Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe i386 Packages [178 kB]

Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [7,598 B]

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main Translation-en               

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse Translation-en         

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted Translation-en         

Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe Translation-en [87.0 kB]

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/main amd64 Packages             

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/restricted amd64 Packages       

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/universe amd64 Packages         

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/multiverse amd64 Packages       

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/main i386 Packages              

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/restricted i386 Packages        

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/universe i386 Packages          

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/multiverse i386 Packages        

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/main Translation-en             

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/multiverse Translation-en       

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/restricted Translation-en       

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-backports/universe Translation-en         

Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main amd64 Packages [125 kB]  

Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted amd64 Packages [14 B]

Get:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe amd64 Packages [43.4 kB]

Get:17 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse amd64 Packages [1,147 B]

Get:18 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main i386 Packages [122 kB]   

Get:19 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted i386 Packages [14 B]

Get:20 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe i386 Packages [43.3 kB]

Get:21 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse i386 Packages [1,402 B]

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main Translation-en              

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse Translation-en        

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted Translation-en        

Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe Translation-en          

Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_PH                    

Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en_PH              

Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en_PH              

Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en_PH                

Fetched 1,502 kB in 3min 15s (7,672 B/s)

Reading package lists... Done

franzbiely@Franz-Gizmo:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree       

Reading state information... Done

Calculating upgrade... Done

The following packages have been kept back:

  gnome-settings-daemon-schemas linux-headers-generic linux-signed-generic

  linux-signed-image-generic unity-settings-daemon

The following packages will be upgraded:

  linux-libc-dev

1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.

Need to get 784 kB of archives.

After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.

Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Abort.

franzbiely@Franz-Gizmo:~$ 

=======[/ end edit ]=============

apt-get aborts when it wants interactive confirmation but can't read input from stdin.

For example, anyone (with pending upgrades) can reproduce this behavior by redirecting /dev/null to stdin:

skath@tahiti:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade < /dev/null

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree

Reading state information... Done

Calculating upgrade... Done

The following packages will be upgraded:

  libcgmanager0

1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

Need to get 29.3 kB of archives.

After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.

Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Abort.

skath@tahiti:~$

This leads to the next question, what's taking over stdin when you're calling sudo apt-get upgrade? That's a trickier question and might involve your sudo configuration or the terminal or shell you're using to invoke the command...

Or, if you just need a workaround, you can pass -y to apt-get to skip the prompt: sudo apt-get -y upgrade

my problem was that I tried to run several commands at once by copy-pasting them into console

apt-get update

apt-get upgrade

apt-get dist-upgrade

apt-get install build-essential

...

Calling each command separately solved my problem

I just had this problem on 18.04.2. update, update, and dist-upgrade worked fine; install, failed with an abort. Yes, using -y worked.

However, I found that there was a problem in my /etc/apt/sources.list file, and that by restoring it to the default that came with the distribution (you can find your version online easily enough), that completely solved the problem.

I suspect that one of the alternate third party library scripts that was adding its own repository made a mistake.

I'd recommend making a backup copy, try replacing the file, ensuring the ownership and permissions are the same as the original, and then doing a sudo apt update, then try your install.

I haven't had any problems since.