[Bug 989215] [NEW] Upgrade removed Pidgin and did not install Empathy fully

[Vadim Peretokin]

Public bug reported:

The upgrade from 11.10 to 12.04 removed my Pidgin, and did not install
empathy fully. So I ended up with no IM client after upgrading.


$ sudo apt-get install empathy
[sudo] password for vadi: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libfarstream-0.1-0 libpurple0 libtelepathy-farstream2 telepathy-haze
Suggested packages:
  empathy-call
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  empathy libfarstream-0.1-0 libpurple0 libtelepathy-farstream2 telepathy-haze
0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 3,620 kB of archives.
After this operation, 11.0 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: update-manager 1:0.156.14
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Apr 27 06:37:46 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
GsettingsChanges:
 com.ubuntu.update-manager first-run false
 com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1335470245
 com.ubuntu.update-manager show-details true
 com.ubuntu.update-manager window-height 765
 com.ubuntu.update-manager window-width 600
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-26 (0 days ago)

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade precise

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Title:
  Upgrade removed Pidgin and did not install Empathy fully

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The upgrade from 11.10 to 12.04 removed my Pidgin, and did not install
  empathy fully. So I ended up with no IM client after upgrading.

  
  $ sudo apt-get install empathy
  [sudo] password for vadi: 
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  The following extra packages will be installed:
    libfarstream-0.1-0 libpurple0 libtelepathy-farstream2 telepathy-haze
  Suggested packages:
    empathy-call
  The following NEW packages will be installed:
    empathy libfarstream-0.1-0 libpurple0 libtelepathy-farstream2 telepathy-haze
  0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
  Need to get 3,620 kB of archives.
  After this operation, 11.0 MB of additional disk space will be used.
  Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: update-manager 1:0.156.14
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Apr 27 06:37:46 2012
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  GsettingsChanges:
   com.ubuntu.update-manager first-run false
   com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1335470245
   com.ubuntu.update-manager show-details true
   com.ubuntu.update-manager window-height 765
   com.ubuntu.update-manager window-width 600
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-26 (0 days ago)

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