[Bug 1749856] Re: failed update process - unable to find desktop package

[owise1]

not a fresh install - next update following purge of kernel 108

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Title:
  failed update process - unable to find desktop package

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

Bug description:
  doing a normal update which failed and a suggestion to do partial
  upgrade offered and on running it fails due to been unable to find
  desktop package and directs me to make bug report.  This occurred
  following removal of the old meltdown kernel 108

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.04.23
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-112.135-generic 4.4.98
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-112-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Fri Feb 16 10:43:02 2018
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-01-03 (408 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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