[Bug 2120353] Re: 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.)

Tue Sep 9 18:42:35 UTC 2025

Thank you for the suggestion.

Most of the discussion is in
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-
upgrader/+question/822286.

Before do-release-upgrade on 22.04, I don't think I have pipewire
installed from a third-party PPA.

If I could find the ppa, I believe I would do `sudo ppa-purge <ppa:ppaowner>[/ppaname].
However, I don't know how I would find the offending third-party ppa package.

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cat /etc/os-release 
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 22.04.5 LTS"
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION_ID="22.04"
VERSION="22.04.5 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)"
VERSION_CODENAME=jammy
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy"
UBUNTU_CODENAME=jammy

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apt list *pipewire* --installed
Listing... Done
gstreamer1.0-pipewire/now 1.2.3-1~22.04.sav0 amd64 [installed,local]
libpipewire-0.3-0/now 1.2.3-1~22.04.sav0 amd64 [installed,local]
libpipewire-0.3-common/now 1.2.3-1~22.04.sav0 all [installed,local]
libpipewire-0.3-modules/now 1.2.3-1~22.04.sav0 amd64 [installed,local]
pipewire-bin/now 1.2.3-1~22.04.sav0 amd64 [installed,local]
pipewire-media-session/now 0.4.2-2+22.04.sav0 amd64 [installed,local]
pipewire/now 1.2.3-1~22.04.sav0 amd64 [installed,local]

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/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

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/etc/apt/sources.list.d# tail -n +1 *
==> archive_uri-https_developer_download_nvidia_com_compute_cuda_repos_ubuntu2204_x86_64_-jammy.list <==
deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/deadsnakes-ubuntu-ppa.gpg] https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2204/x86_64/ /
# deb-src https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2204/x86_64/ /

==> archive_uri-https_developer_download_nvidia_com_compute_cuda_repos_ubuntu2204_x86_64_-jammy.list.save <==
deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/deadsnakes-ubuntu-ppa.gpg] https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2204/x86_64/ /
# deb-src https://developer.download.nvidia.com/compute/cuda/repos/ubuntu2204/x86_64/ /

==> deadsnakes-ubuntu-ppa-jammy.list <==
deb https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/deadsnakes/ppa/ubuntu/ jammy main
# deb-src https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/deadsnakes/ppa/ubuntu/ jammy main

==> deadsnakes-ubuntu-ppa-jammy.list.save <==
deb https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/deadsnakes/ppa/ubuntu/ jammy main
# deb-src https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/deadsnakes/ppa/ubuntu/ jammy main

==> google-chrome.list <==
### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
# You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main

==> google-chrome.list.save <==
### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
# You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main

==> graphics-drivers-ubuntu-ppa-jammy.list <==
deb https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu/ jammy main
# deb-src https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu/ jammy main

==> graphics-drivers-ubuntu-ppa-jammy.list.save <==
deb https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu/ jammy main
# deb-src https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu/ jammy main

==> kitware.list <==
deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/kitware-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.kitware.com/ubuntu/ jammy main

==> kitware.list.save <==
deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/kitware-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.kitware.com/ubuntu/ jammy main

==> mozillateam-ubuntu-ppa-jammy.list <==
deb https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/mozillateam/ppa/ubuntu/ jammy main
# deb-src https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/mozillateam/ppa/ubuntu/ jammy main

==> mozillateam-ubuntu-ppa-jammy.list.save <==
deb https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/mozillateam/ppa/ubuntu/ jammy main
# deb-src https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/mozillateam/ppa/ubuntu/ jammy main

==> vscode.list.save <==
### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
# You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf] http://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main

==> vscode.sources <==
### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
# You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
Types: deb
URIs: https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code
Suites: stable
Components: main
Architectures: amd64,arm64,armhf
Signed-By: /usr/share/keyrings/microsoft.gpg

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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:
  Invalid

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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