[Bug 926100] [NEW] "Your system does not contain a ubuntu-desktop", but is does

[Curtis Hovey]

Public bug reported:

Update manager explains the partial upgrade and I choose to do so.
A message is shown that it does not know which flavour of ubuntu my
system is.

    Can't guess meta-package

    Your system does not contain a ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop,
    xubuntu-desktop or edubuntu-desktop package and it was not possible to
    detect which version of Ubuntu you are running. Please install one of
    the packages above first using synaptic or apt-get before proceeding.

running apt-get confirms my own suspicions that I do indeed have
ubuntu-desktop installed.

    $ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree       
    Reading state information... Done
    ubuntu-desktop is already the newest version.
    0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded.

I reinstalled the package, and tried to upgrade and saw the same message.
I considered installing the i386 version of ubuntu-desktop, but did not
like the list of proposed changes.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: update-manager 1:0.156.3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-12.21-generic 3.2.2
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-12-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Feb  3 09:38:33 2012
GsettingsChanges:
 com.ubuntu.update-manager first-run false
 com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1328279843
 com.ubuntu.update-manager show-details true
 com.ubuntu.update-manager window-height 648
 com.ubuntu.update-manager window-width 600
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-03 (0 days ago)

** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade precise running-unity

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Title:
  "Your system does not contain a ubuntu-desktop", but is does

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Update manager explains the partial upgrade and I choose to do so.
  A message is shown that it does not know which flavour of ubuntu my
  system is.

      Can't guess meta-package

      Your system does not contain a ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop,
      xubuntu-desktop or edubuntu-desktop package and it was not possible to
      detect which version of Ubuntu you are running. Please install one of
      the packages above first using synaptic or apt-get before proceeding.

  running apt-get confirms my own suspicions that I do indeed have
  ubuntu-desktop installed.

      $ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
      Reading package lists... Done
      Building dependency tree       
      Reading state information... Done
      ubuntu-desktop is already the newest version.
      0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded.

  I reinstalled the package, and tried to upgrade and saw the same message.
  I considered installing the i386 version of ubuntu-desktop, but did not
  like the list of proposed changes.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: update-manager 1:0.156.3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-12.21-generic 3.2.2
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-12-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Feb  3 09:38:33 2012
  GsettingsChanges:
   com.ubuntu.update-manager first-run false
   com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1328279843
   com.ubuntu.update-manager show-details true
   com.ubuntu.update-manager window-height 648
   com.ubuntu.update-manager window-width 600
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-02-03 (0 days ago)

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