[Bug 1717218] Re: Ubuntu 16.04: Can't install 'ubuntu-desktop' error during a partial upgrade of the system

[Hunter Murphy]

I am having this same problem. I am a newbie to Linux and to computing,
as a whole. Please refer to the most "beginner-friendly" fix/guide to
this issue.

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Title:
  Ubuntu 16.04: Can't install 'ubuntu-desktop' error during a partial
  upgrade of the system

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Every time I try an upgrade, it shows a window that says:
  <Cannot install all the updates and a partial distribution upgrade is necessary.>
  However, after proceeding, the error pops out, saying:
  <Can't install 'ubuntu-desktop'. Run 'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in the terminal.>
  I looked on this website and there are quite a few of these bugs reported until last year, yet no one has been solved.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.22
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-91.114-generic 4.4.76
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-91-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Thu Sep 14 10:48:21 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-07-13 (427 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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