[Bug 152077] Re: Update-manager should provide option to remove unsupported, conflicting packages

[Matthew Paul Thomas]

** Description changed:

- Binary package hint: update-manager
- 
  Whenever I do a dist-upgrade (smart upgrade from the update-manager) I
  frequently have unsupported packages installed that conflict with new
  ubuntu packages that are supposed to replace them.  This causes the
  upgrade to stop.  Then I have to manually do a 'dpkg --remove' to remove
  the old non-ubuntu package, then 'apt-get -f install', then start again
  with dist-upgrade.  This happened to me several times when upgrading
  from dapper to gutsy.  It made the upgrade process significantly longer
  any more annoying than it should have been.
  
  I would like an option in the update-manage to have it do this
  automatically for me - i.e., remove any unsupported packages that
  conflict with new, supported packages that it is trying to install.
+ 
+ <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseUpgrades#ready>: "If any manually-
+ installed software will conflict: “This software conflicts and must be
+ removed:”. The listbox should use the application’s icon and title if it
+ is one, otherwise the generic package icon and the package name..."

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Title:
  Update-manager should provide option to remove unsupported,
  conflicting packages

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

Bug description:
  Whenever I do a dist-upgrade (smart upgrade from the update-manager) I
  frequently have unsupported packages installed that conflict with new
  ubuntu packages that are supposed to replace them.  This causes the
  upgrade to stop.  Then I have to manually do a 'dpkg --remove' to
  remove the old non-ubuntu package, then 'apt-get -f install', then
  start again with dist-upgrade.  This happened to me several times when
  upgrading from dapper to gutsy.  It made the upgrade process
  significantly longer any more annoying than it should have been.

  I would like an option in the update-manage to have it do this
  automatically for me - i.e., remove any unsupported packages that
  conflict with new, supported packages that it is trying to install.

  <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseUpgrades#ready>: "If any manually-
  installed software will conflict: “This software conflicts and must be
  removed:”. The listbox should use the application’s icon and title if
  it is one, otherwise the generic package icon and the package name..."

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