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If you are running Linux Mint 19 Tara, you are likely affected by the issue announced on The Linux Mint Blog and described in depth on the forums.

Summarizing the relevant forum post:

The issue concerns the base-file 19.0.2 update. The package content is empty and updating it results in creating the /var/run directory, which should be a symbolic link towards /run, preventing many system services from running correctly.

The solution:

1. boot in recovery mode:

   • Boot your computer
   • Press Shift while booting to force the boot menu to show up
   • Select Advanced options for Linux Mint 19
   • Select the "recovery mode" boot option
   • When the Recovery Menu appears, select "root - Drop to root shell prompt"
   • Press Enter

2. You will then be able to type commands. Run the following ones:

   mount -o rw,remount / rm -rf /var/run ln -s /run /var/run 

3. Reboot. Your computer should now boot normally and let you log in.

4. To completely fix the issue, open a terminal and type:

   wget linuxmint.com/tmp/base-files_19.0.1_all.deb sudo dpkg -i base-files_19.0.1_all.deb