[Bug 1070035] Re: Can't install 'kubuntu-netbook'

[Michael Vogt]

The bug seems to be caused by "universe" not being enabled. The upgrader
found kubuntu-netbook-default-settings installed and guessed that the
metapackage is kubuntu-netbook but that package is now in universe as is
kubuntu-desktop.

It seems like upgrades with kubuntu-desktop will fail in the same way on systems without universe:
kubuntu-netbook |      1.254 |       precise | all
kubuntu-netbook |      1.263 | quantal/universe | all

So ideally the release upgrader should either warn or enable universe.
In some twisted way its actually correct to fail as the user wants main
only and this would bring him to a universe system.

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Title:
  Can't install 'kubuntu-netbook'

Status in “ubuntu-release-upgrader” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  I'm trying to upgrade to Kubuntu 12.10 and I'm getting this error
  message:

  Can't install 'kubuntu-netbook'
  It was impossible to install a required package. Please report this as a bug using 'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal.

  Then I'm given the option to either close the window or report the
  bug. Closing the window results in the following error message:

  Could not calculate the upgrade
  An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade: The package 'kubuntu-desktop' is marked for removal but it is in the removal blacklist. This can be caused by: * Upgrading to a pre-release version of Ubuntu * Running the current pre-release version of Ubuntu * Unofficial software packages not provided by Ubuntu If none of this applies, then please report this bug using the command 'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal.

  Running 'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal
  results in the following error:

  Package ubuntu-release-upgrader-core does not exist

  The upgrade, thus, never goes beyond "Setting new software channels",
  and I'm stuck on 12.04.

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