[Bug 2120353] [NEW] do-release-upgrade 22.04 to 24.04 failed - WARNING Can't mark 'ubuntu-desktop' for upgrade (E:Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.)

[James Peterson]

Public bug reported:

After installing ubuntu-desktop and doing sudo apt full-upgrade, the
system upgrade still fails.

I have filed this bug to provide all the new logs after performing the suggested fix in
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+question/822286.

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: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.10
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Aug 11 20:24:56 2025
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-06-30 (1138 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220421)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2025-08-12 (0 days ago)

** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade jammy third-party-packages uec-images

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Title:
  do-release-upgrade 22.04 to 24.04 failed - WARNING Can't mark 'ubuntu-
  desktop' for upgrade (E:Unable to correct problems, you have held
  broken packages.)

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

Bug description:
  After installing ubuntu-desktop and doing sudo apt full-upgrade, the
  system upgrade still fails.

  I have filed this bug to provide all the new logs after performing the suggested fix in
  https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+question/822286.

  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: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.10
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Mon Aug 11 20:24:56 2025
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-06-30 (1138 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220421)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2025-08-12 (0 days ago)

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