[Bug 2119413] Re: do-release-upgrade 22.04 to 24.04 failed
James Peterson
2119413 at bugs.launchpad.net
Wed Aug 6 20:09:25 UTC 2025
I don't think any of the meta pkgs are installed on my system at all,
and the update script is just guessing. I believe ubuntu-mate-core isn't
installed either.
2025-08-03 14:12:25,103 DEBUG none of the '['ubuntu-desktop', 'kubuntu-
desktop', 'xubuntu-core', 'xubuntu-desktop', 'ubuntustudio-desktop',
'lubuntu-desktop', 'ubuntu-gnome-desktop', 'ubuntu-mate-core', 'ubuntu-
mate-desktop', 'ubuntukylin-desktop', 'ubuntu-budgie-desktop']' meta-
pkgs installed
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sudo apt list *desktop
Listing... Done
autopilot-desktop/jammy 1.6.1+21.04.20210120-0ubuntu6 all
budgie-desktop/jammy-updates 10.6.1-1ubuntu3 all
djvulibre-desktop/jammy-updates,jammy-security 3.5.28-2ubuntu0.22.04.1 all
gambas3-gb-desktop/jammy 3.16.3-3 amd64
gir1.2-freedesktop/jammy,now 1.72.0-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
gnome-remote-desktop/jammy-updates,now 42.9-0ubuntu0.22.04.2 amd64 [installed]
gosa-desktop/jammy 2.7.4+reloaded3-16build1 all
grdesktop/jammy 0.23+d040330-7build1 amd64
j4-dmenu-desktop/jammy 2.16-1build1 amd64
kde-plasma-desktop/jammy 5:118ubuntu1 amd64
kdeplasma-applets-xrdesktop/jammy 0.15.0-1 all
kubuntu-desktop/jammy-updates 1.418.1 amd64
kubuntu-settings-desktop/jammy-updates 1:22.04.10 all
libunity-scopes-json-def-desktop/jammy,now 7.1.4+19.04.20190319-6build1 all [installed,automatic]
linphone-desktop/jammy 4.2.5-3build1 amd64
lubuntu-desktop/jammy 22.04.3 amd64
matchbox-desktop/jammy 2.2+git20200512-1build1 amd64
mate-desktop/jammy,now 1.26.0-1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
mir-graphics-drivers-desktop/jammy 2.7.0-0ubuntu3 amd64
neurodebian-desktop/jammy 0.41.0 all
nextcloud-desktop/jammy 3.4.2-1ubuntu1 amd64
oidc-agent-desktop/jammy 4.2.6-1 all
open-vm-tools-desktop/jammy-updates,jammy-security 2:12.3.5-3~ubuntu0.22.04.2 amd64
plasma-desktop/jammy-updates 4:5.24.7-0ubuntu0.1 amd64
qemu-web-desktop/jammy 21.11.30+ds1-1 amd64
rdesktop/jammy 1.9.0-2build1 amd64
recordmydesktop/jammy 0.4.0-1 amd64
ros-desktop/jammy 1.16 all
sound-theme-freedesktop/jammy,now 0.8-2ubuntu1 all [installed,automatic]
task-albanian-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-amharic-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-amharic-gnome-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-amharic-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-arabic-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-arabic-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-asturian-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-basque-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-basque-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-belarusian-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-belarusian-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-bengali-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-bengali-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-bosnian-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-bosnian-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-brazilian-portuguese-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-brazilian-portuguese-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-british-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-british-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-bulgarian-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-bulgarian-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-catalan-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-catalan-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-chinese-s-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-chinese-s-gnome-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-chinese-s-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-chinese-t-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-chinese-t-gnome-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-chinese-t-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-cinnamon-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-croatian-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-croatian-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-cyrillic-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-cyrillic-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-czech-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-czech-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-danish-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-danish-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-dutch-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-dutch-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-dzongkha-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-dzongkha-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-esperanto-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-esperanto-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-estonian-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-estonian-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-finnish-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-finnish-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-french-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-french-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-galician-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-galician-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-georgian-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-german-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-german-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-gnome-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-gnome-flashback-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-greek-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-greek-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-gujarati-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-gujarati-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-hebrew-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-hebrew-gnome-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-hebrew-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-hindi-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-hindi-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-hungarian-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-hungarian-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-icelandic-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-icelandic-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-indonesian-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-indonesian-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-irish-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-irish-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-italian-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-italian-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-japanese-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-japanese-gnome-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-japanese-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-kannada-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-kannada-gnome-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-kannada-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-kazakh-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-kazakh-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-khmer-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-khmer-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-korean-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-korean-gnome-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-korean-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-kurdish-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-kurdish-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-latvian-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-latvian-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-lithuanian-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-lithuanian-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-lxde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-lxqt-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-macedonian-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-macedonian-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-malayalam-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-malayalam-gnome-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-malayalam-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-marathi-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-mate-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-nepali-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-nepali-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-northern-sami-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-norwegian-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-norwegian-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-persian-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-persian-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-polish-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-polish-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-portuguese-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-portuguese-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-punjabi-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-punjabi-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-romanian-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-romanian-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-russian-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-russian-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-serbian-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-serbian-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-sinhala-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-sinhala-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-slovak-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-slovak-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-slovenian-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-slovenian-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-south-african-english-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-spanish-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-spanish-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-swedish-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-swedish-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-tamil-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-tamil-gnome-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-telugu-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-telugu-gnome-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-telugu-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-thai-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-thai-gnome-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-thai-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-turkish-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-turkish-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-ukrainian-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-ukrainian-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-uyghur-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-uyghur-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-vietnamese-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-vietnamese-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-welsh-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-xfce-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-xhosa-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
task-xhosa-kde-desktop/jammy 3.68ubuntu2 all
telegram-desktop/jammy 3.6.1+ds-2build1 amd64
ubuntu-budgie-desktop/jammy 0.94 amd64
ubuntu-desktop/jammy-updates 1.481.4 amd64
ubuntu-gnome-desktop/jammy 0.92 amd64
ubuntu-mate-desktop/jammy 1.282 amd64
ubuntu-unity-desktop/jammy 0.4 amd64
ubuntukylin-desktop/jammy 0.46 amd64
ubuntustudio-desktop/jammy-updates 0.266.3 amd64
vanilla-gnome-desktop/jammy 0.92 amd64
x2gothinclient-minidesktop/jammy 1.5.0.1-7 all
xrdesktop/jammy 0.15.1-5 all
xubuntu-desktop/jammy 2.241 amd64
yubioath-desktop/jammy 5.1.0-1 amd64
sudo apt list ubuntu-mate-core
Listing... Done
ubuntu-mate-core/jammy 1.282 amd64
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2119413
Title:
do-release-upgrade 22.04 to 24.04 failed
Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Bug description:
Unsure if this should be asked as a support question, but I do not
know how to add logs and debug information to that type of post.
Over the past week, I successfully upgraded 4 Ubuntu computers on
22.04 to 24.04 without much issue. On this computer, I have run into
several issues using do-release-upgrade.
Unlike the other computers, this machine was installed from the 22.04
server iso since I expected to run it as a server. I later installed
some desktop packages, making it similar to the desktop version I use
on the other machines.
One of the issues was as described here:
The package 'update-manager' is marked for removal but it is in the removal deny list.
`https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/1f4wkxg/upgrade_2204_to_24041_the_package_updatemanager/`
I had uninstalled `update-manager` with `sudo apt remove update-
manager` which caused subsequent issues, namely with holding broken
packages.
Something like this:
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/cant-upgrade-from-22-04-to-24-04-complains-about-held-broken-packages/55026/24
I tried uninstalling and reinstalling ubuntu-desktop and other similar meta pkgs, but to no avail.
I tried removing ubuntu-desktop^, but that unfortunately removed a significant number of packages I did not want removed, so I restored the entire machine from a backup.
After restoring the backup from a relatively clean slate, I took the following steps:
update, upgrade, snap-refresh, dist-upgrade (removed some cuda packages and nvidia drivers)
##################################################
apt update
apt upgrade
The following packages have been kept back:
cuda-drivers
The following packages will be upgraded:
cloud-init code google-chrome-stable libperl5.34 libpoppler-cpp0v5 libpoppler-glib8 libpoppler-qt5-1 libpoppler118 libsqlite3-0 libsqlite3-dev linux-libc-dev openjdk-11-jre openjdk-11-jre-headless openjdk-8-jre
openjdk-8-jre-headless perl perl-base perl-modules-5.34 poppler-utils sqlite3
snap refresh
apt dist-upgrade
cuda-11-8 cuda-demo-suite-11-8 cuda-drivers cuda-drivers-545 cuda-
runtime-11-8
apt dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
cuda-cccl-11-8 cuda-command-line-tools-11-8 cuda-compiler-11-8 cuda-cudart-11-8 cuda-cudart-dev-11-8 cuda-cuobjdump-11-8 cuda-cupti-11-8 cuda-cupti-dev-11-8 cuda-cuxxfilt-11-8 cuda-documentation-11-8 cuda-driver-dev-11-8
cuda-gdb-11-8 cuda-libraries-11-8 cuda-libraries-dev-11-8 cuda-memcheck-11-8 cuda-nsight-11-8 cuda-nsight-compute-11-8 cuda-nsight-systems-11-8 cuda-nvcc-11-8 cuda-nvdisasm-11-8 cuda-nvml-dev-11-8 cuda-nvprof-11-8
cuda-nvprune-11-8 cuda-nvrtc-11-8 cuda-nvrtc-dev-11-8 cuda-nvtx-11-8 cuda-nvvp-11-8 cuda-profiler-api-11-8 cuda-sanitizer-11-8 cuda-toolkit-11-8 cuda-toolkit-11-8-config-common cuda-toolkit-11-config-common
cuda-toolkit-config-common cuda-tools-11-8 cuda-visual-tools-11-8 dkms gds-tools-11-8 libcublas-11-8 libcublas-dev-11-8 libcufft-11-8 libcufft-dev-11-8 libcufile-11-8 libcufile-dev-11-8 libcurand-11-8 libcurand-dev-11-8
libcusolver-11-8 libcusolver-dev-11-8 libcusparse-11-8 libcusparse-dev-11-8 libnpp-11-8 libnpp-dev-11-8 libnvidia-cfg1-545 libnvidia-common-545 libnvidia-decode-545 libnvidia-encode-545 libnvidia-extra-545 libnvidia-fbc1-545
libnvidia-gl-545 libnvjpeg-11-8 libnvjpeg-dev-11-8 libtinfo5 nsight-compute-2022.3.0 nsight-systems-2022.4.2 nvidia-compute-utils-545 nvidia-dkms-545 nvidia-driver-545 nvidia-kernel-common-545 nvidia-kernel-source-545
nvidia-modprobe nvidia-prime nvidia-settings nvidia-utils-545 screen-resolution-extra xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-545
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
...
The following packages will be REMOVED:
cuda-11-8 cuda-demo-suite-11-8 cuda-drivers cuda-drivers-545 cuda-runtime-11-8
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 5 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 13.1 MB disk space will be freed.
apt autoremove
The following packages will be REMOVED:
cuda-cccl-11-8 cuda-command-line-tools-11-8 cuda-compiler-11-8 cuda-cudart-11-8 cuda-cudart-dev-11-8 cuda-cuobjdump-11-8 cuda-cupti-11-8 cuda-cupti-dev-11-8 cuda-cuxxfilt-11-8 cuda-documentation-11-8 cuda-driver-dev-11-8
cuda-gdb-11-8 cuda-libraries-11-8 cuda-libraries-dev-11-8 cuda-memcheck-11-8 cuda-nsight-11-8 cuda-nsight-compute-11-8 cuda-nsight-systems-11-8 cuda-nvcc-11-8 cuda-nvdisasm-11-8 cuda-nvml-dev-11-8 cuda-nvprof-11-8
cuda-nvprune-11-8 cuda-nvrtc-11-8 cuda-nvrtc-dev-11-8 cuda-nvtx-11-8 cuda-nvvp-11-8 cuda-profiler-api-11-8 cuda-sanitizer-11-8 cuda-toolkit-11-8 cuda-toolkit-11-8-config-common cuda-toolkit-11-config-common
cuda-toolkit-config-common cuda-tools-11-8 cuda-visual-tools-11-8 dkms gds-tools-11-8 libcublas-11-8 libcublas-dev-11-8 libcufft-11-8 libcufft-dev-11-8 libcufile-11-8 libcufile-dev-11-8 libcurand-11-8 libcurand-dev-11-8
libcusolver-11-8 libcusolver-dev-11-8 libcusparse-11-8 libcusparse-dev-11-8 libnpp-11-8 libnpp-dev-11-8 libnvidia-cfg1-545 libnvidia-common-545 libnvidia-decode-545 libnvidia-encode-545 libnvidia-extra-545 libnvidia-fbc1-545
libnvidia-gl-545 libnvjpeg-11-8 libnvjpeg-dev-11-8 libtinfo5 nsight-compute-2022.3.0 nsight-systems-2022.4.2 nvidia-compute-utils-545 nvidia-dkms-545 nvidia-driver-545 nvidia-kernel-common-545 nvidia-kernel-source-545
nvidia-modprobe nvidia-prime nvidia-settings nvidia-utils-545 screen-resolution-extra xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-545
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 74 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
##################################################
Also tried doing the suggestion at
`https://askubuntu.com/questions/1525143/upgrading-
from-20-04-to-22-04-fails`.
`sudo apt install --reinstall snapd`
However, that didn't change anything.
I also took a look at the sources where I assume ppa packages are.
After looking through the sources, I was unsure if any of them were
causing the problem. I just assumed not and did not do anything to try
to change them. Maybe the problem could be here?
I can post post the contents of the /etc/apt/source.list.d files upon
request.
##################################################
/etc/apt# cat sources.list
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy main restricted
## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy universe
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates universe
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates universe
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates multiverse
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security main restricted
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security main restricted
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security universe
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security multiverse
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security multiverse
##################################################
/etc/apt/sources.list.d# ls -alh
total 88K
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Aug 3 13:49 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4.0K Aug 3 13:49 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 228 Aug 3 14:12 archive_uri-https_developer_download_nvidia_com_compute_cuda_repos_ubuntu2204_x86_64_-jammy.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 228 Aug 3 14:11 archive_uri-https_developer_download_nvidia_com_compute_cuda_repos_ubuntu2204_x86_64_-jammy.list.distUpgrade
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 228 Mar 20 2024 archive_uri-https_developer_download_nvidia_com_compute_cuda_repos_ubuntu2204_x86_64_-jammy.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 148 Aug 3 14:12 deadsnakes-ubuntu-ppa-jammy.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 148 Aug 3 14:11 deadsnakes-ubuntu-ppa-jammy.list.distUpgrade
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 148 Mar 20 2024 deadsnakes-ubuntu-ppa-jammy.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 190 Aug 3 14:12 google-chrome.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 190 Aug 3 14:11 google-chrome.list.distUpgrade
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 190 Mar 20 2024 google-chrome.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 160 Aug 3 14:12 graphics-drivers-ubuntu-ppa-jammy.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 160 Aug 3 14:11 graphics-drivers-ubuntu-ppa-jammy.list.distUpgrade
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 160 Mar 20 2024 graphics-drivers-ubuntu-ppa-jammy.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 107 Aug 3 14:12 kitware.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 107 Aug 3 14:11 kitware.list.distUpgrade
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 107 Mar 20 2024 kitware.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 150 Aug 3 14:12 mozillateam-ubuntu-ppa-jammy.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 150 Aug 3 14:11 mozillateam-ubuntu-ppa-jammy.list.distUpgrade
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 150 Mar 20 2024 mozillateam-ubuntu-ppa-jammy.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 203 Mar 20 2024 vscode.list.save
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 290 Aug 3 13:20 vscode.sources
##################################################
I have also taken a look through /var/log/dist-upgrade main.log and
apt.log.
DEBUG Installing 'linux-oracle' (linux metapackage may have been accidentally uninstalled)
2025-08-03 14:12:25,103 DEBUG none of the '['ubuntu-desktop', 'kubuntu-desktop', 'xubuntu-core', 'xubuntu-desktop', 'ubuntustudio-desktop', 'lubuntu-desktop', 'ubuntu-gnome-desktop', 'ubuntu-mate-core', 'ubuntu-mate-desktop', 'ubuntukylin-desktop', 'ubuntu-budgie-desktop']' meta-pkgs installed
2025-08-03 14:12:25,103 DEBUG guessing 'ubuntu-mate-core' as missing meta-pkg
2025-08-03 14:12:25,280 ERROR failed to mark 'ubuntu-mate-core' for install (E:Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.)
2025-08-03 14:12:25,417 ERROR Dist-upgrade failed: 'Broken packages after upgrade: ubuntu-mate-core'
ubuntu-desktop or ubuntu-gnome-desktop would be preferred over ubuntu-
mate-core if I have to install one of those.
Not sure what I should do in my situation.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:22.04.20
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-1045.51-oracle 5.15.122
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-1045-oracle x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.9
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Aug 3 13:57:39 2025
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-06-30 (1130 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220421)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2025-08-03 (0 days ago)
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