[Bug 1183913] Re: cannot install ubuntu-desktop

[Eric Guenther]

how can this be fixed? i wanna do the system upgrade not always via
console. it is much more convenient when the automated upgrader does the
job. but with ubuntu-desktop broken showing in the logs. this is
unconvenient. it takes more time than it should. i suggest installing
something that forces the system to stop everything that blocks the
upgrading and adding autoremove commands where necessary. i even don't
understand why ppa's that may be affected negatively are not put
automatically in some kind of quarantine for the upgrade and after done
asking the user to reestablish them like they where cause it is not
working with containtments of sources.d folder only with sources.list.
no he has to purge am manually with ppa-purge tool. all this is tedious
work. ubuntu is not just for the freaks and geeks. it should also made
for normal people. when such functionalities are missing for such
essential things (and i think a system upgrade is one) it is of no help
to them changing. i see this as well as a safety problem especially for
normal people.

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Title:
  cannot install ubuntu-desktop

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

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

  from VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.txt :

  nvestigating (0) ubuntu-desktop [ amd64 ] < 1.300 > ( metapackages )
  Broken ubuntu-desktop:amd64 Depends on gedit [ amd64 ] < 3.6.2-0ubuntu1 > ( gnome )
    Considering gedit:amd64 2 as a solution to ubuntu-desktop:amd64 10000
    Added gedit:amd64 to the remove list
    Fixing ubuntu-desktop:amd64 via keep of gedit:amd64
  Investigating (0) gedit [ amd64 ] < 3.6.2-0ubuntu1 > ( gnome )
  Broken gedit:amd64 Depends on libgtksourceview-3.0-0 [ amd64 ] < 3.6.3-0ubuntu1 > ( libs ) (>= 3.0.0)
    Considering libgtksourceview-3.0-0:amd64 0 as a solution to gedit:amd64 2
    Added libgtksourceview-3.0-0:amd64 to the remove list
    Fixing gedit:amd64 via keep of libgtksourceview-3.0-0:amd64
  Investigating (0) libgtksourceview-3.0-0 [ amd64 ] < 3.6.3-0ubuntu1 > ( libs )
  Broken libgtksourceview-3.0-0:amd64 Depends on libgtksourceview-3.0-common [ amd64 ] < 3.6.3-0ubuntu1 -> 3.8.0-1 > ( libs ) (< 3.7)
    Considering libgtksourceview-3.0-common:amd64 2 as a solution to libgtksourceview-3.0-0:amd64 0
    Removing libgtksourceview-3.0-0:amd64 rather than change libgtksourceview-3.0-common:amd64
  Investigating (1) gedit [ amd64 ] < 3.6.2-0ubuntu1 > ( gnome )
  Broken gedit:amd64 Depends on libgtksourceview-3.0-0 [ amd64 ] < 3.6.3-0ubuntu1 > ( libs ) (>= 3.0.0)
    Considering libgtksourceview-3.0-0:amd64 0 as a solution to gedit:amd64 2
    Added libgtksourceview-3.0-0:amd64 to the remove list
    Fixing gedit:amd64 via keep of libgtksourceview-3.0-0:amd64

  Release of Ubuntu:13.10
  Package Version:
  Expected Results:
  Actual Results:

  ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.195
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.9.0-2.7-generic 3.9.3
  Uname: Linux 3.9.0-2-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.10.2-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  Date: Fri May 24 18:50:30 2013
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-12 (223 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20121011)
  MarkForUpload: True
  PackageArchitecture: allSourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-05-01 (22 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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