[Bug 1069356] Re: Upgrade doesn't complete because it says it cant install ubuntu-desktop

[melchiaros]

In VatLogDistugradeAptLog.txt:

Investigating (5) ubuntu-desktop [ i386 ] < none -> 1.274 > ( metapackages )
Broken ubuntu-desktop:i386 Depends on unity [ i386 ] < 5.16.0-0ubuntu1 > ( gnome )
  Considering unity:i386 9999 as a solution to ubuntu-desktop:i386 9999
  Considering unity:i386 9999 as a solution to ubuntu-desktop:i386 9999
 Try to Re-Instate (5) nautilus-data:i386
Done
ERROR:root:failed to mark 'ubuntu-desktop' for install (E:Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.)

** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Upgrade doesn't complete because it says it cant  install  ubuntu-
  desktop

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

Bug description:
  The upgrade doesn't complete because it says it can't install ubuntu-desktop.
  Upgrade from  12.04 to  12.10.

  From VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.txt:

  ERROR:root:failed to mark 'ubuntu-desktop' for install (E:Unable to
  correct problems, you have held broken packages.)

  There's lot of other dependency issues in that error log.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: update-manager 1:0.156.14.11
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sun Oct 21 21:30:34 2012
  GsettingsChanges:
   com.ubuntu.update-manager first-run false
   com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1350817788
   com.ubuntu.update-manager show-details true
   com.ubuntu.update-manager window-height 579
   com.ubuntu.update-manager window-width 1024
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-10-21 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstate.tar.gz: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz'
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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