[Bug 2137309] [NEW] Cannot upgrade from LTS 22.04.5 to 24.04

[Sourish Basu]

Public bug reported:

I am trying to upgrade with 'sudo do-release-upgrade'. I have run across
this error,

The package 'ubuntu-minimal' is marked for removal but it is in the 
removal deny list. 

>From searching the internet, it seems that this is a very common

problem. However, none of the solutions I've found online so far work
for me. I've disabled snap, I've uninstalled and reinstalled ubuntu-
minimal, uninstalled and reinstalled ubuntu-desktop, etc. all to no
avail.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:22.04.20
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-164.174-generic 5.15.193
Uname: Linux 5.15.0-164-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.10
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
CrashDB: ubuntu
CrashReports:
 640:0:117:378976:2025-12-31 10:33:36.853810133 -0500:2025-12-31 10:33:36.877810709 -0500:/var/crash/_usr_bin_do-release-upgrade.0.crash
 600:110:117:37:2025-12-31 10:42:33.482389420 -0500:2025-12-31 10:42:33.466390581 -0500:/var/crash/_usr_bin_do-release-upgrade.0.uploaded
 644:0:117:0:2025-12-31 10:33:36.853810133 -0500:2025-12-31 10:33:36.853810133 -0500:/var/crash/_usr_bin_do-release-upgrade.0.upload
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Wed Dec 31 11:23:29 2025
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-05-26 (2776 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2025-12-31 (0 days ago)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade jammy

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Title:
  Cannot upgrade from LTS 22.04.5 to 24.04

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

Bug description:
  I am trying to upgrade with 'sudo do-release-upgrade'. I have run
  across this error,

  The package 'ubuntu-minimal' is marked for removal but it is in the 
  removal deny list. 

  From searching the internet, it seems that this is a very common

  problem. However, none of the solutions I've found online so far work
  for me. I've disabled snap, I've uninstalled and reinstalled ubuntu-
  minimal, uninstalled and reinstalled ubuntu-desktop, etc. all to no
  avail.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:22.04.20
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-164.174-generic 5.15.193
  Uname: Linux 5.15.0-164-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.10
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CrashReports:
   640:0:117:378976:2025-12-31 10:33:36.853810133 -0500:2025-12-31 10:33:36.877810709 -0500:/var/crash/_usr_bin_do-release-upgrade.0.crash
   600:110:117:37:2025-12-31 10:42:33.482389420 -0500:2025-12-31 10:42:33.466390581 -0500:/var/crash/_usr_bin_do-release-upgrade.0.uploaded
   644:0:117:0:2025-12-31 10:33:36.853810133 -0500:2025-12-31 10:33:36.853810133 -0500:/var/crash/_usr_bin_do-release-upgrade.0.upload
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Wed Dec 31 11:23:29 2025
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-05-26 (2776 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2025-12-31 (0 days ago)

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