[Bug 1717218] [NEW] Ubuntu 16.04: Can't install 'ubuntu-desktop' error during a partial upgrade of the system

[Václav Pavlík]

Public bug reported:

Every time I try an upgrade, it shows a window that says:
<Cannot install all the updates and a partial distribution upgrade is necessary.>
However, after proceeding, the error pops out, saying:
<Can't install 'ubuntu-desktop'. Run 'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in the terminal.>
I looked on this website and there are quite a few of these bugs reported until last year, yet no one has been solved.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.22
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-91.114-generic 4.4.76
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-91-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Sep 14 10:48:21 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-07-13 (427 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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


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

** Description changed:

  Every time I try an upgrade, it shows a window that a partial
  distribution upgrade is necessary, however, after proceeding, the error
- pops out. I looked on this website and there are quite a few of these
- bugs reported until last year, yet no one has been solved.
+ pops out, saying <Can't install 'ubuntu-desktop'>. I looked on this
+ website and there are quite a few of these bugs reported until last
+ year, yet no one has been solved.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.22
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-91.114-generic 4.4.76
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-91-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Thu Sep 14 10:48:21 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-07-13 (427 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

** Description changed:

- Every time I try an upgrade, it shows a window that a partial
- distribution upgrade is necessary, however, after proceeding, the error
- pops out, saying <Can't install 'ubuntu-desktop'>. I looked on this
- website and there are quite a few of these bugs reported until last
- year, yet no one has been solved.
+ Every time I try an upgrade, it shows a window that a partial distribution upgrade is necessary, however, after proceeding, the error pops out, saying:
+ <Can't install 'ubuntu-desktop'. Run 'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in the terminal.>
+ I looked on this website and there are quite a few of these bugs reported until last year, yet no one has been solved.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.22
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-91.114-generic 4.4.76
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-91-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Thu Sep 14 10:48:21 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-07-13 (427 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

** Description changed:

- Every time I try an upgrade, it shows a window that a partial distribution upgrade is necessary, however, after proceeding, the error pops out, saying:
+ Every time I try an upgrade, it shows a window that says:
+ <Cannot install all the updates and a partial distribution upgrade is necessary.>
+ However, after proceeding, the error pops out, saying:
  <Can't install 'ubuntu-desktop'. Run 'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in the terminal.>
  I looked on this website and there are quite a few of these bugs reported until last year, yet no one has been solved.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.22
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-91.114-generic 4.4.76
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-91-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Thu Sep 14 10:48:21 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-07-13 (427 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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Title:
  Ubuntu 16.04: Can't install 'ubuntu-desktop' error during a partial
  upgrade of the system

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

Bug description:
  Every time I try an upgrade, it shows a window that says:
  <Cannot install all the updates and a partial distribution upgrade is necessary.>
  However, after proceeding, the error pops out, saying:
  <Can't install 'ubuntu-desktop'. Run 'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in the terminal.>
  I looked on this website and there are quite a few of these bugs reported until last year, yet no one has been solved.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.22
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-91.114-generic 4.4.76
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-91-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Thu Sep 14 10:48:21 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-07-13 (427 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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