Can't install 'ubuntu-desktop' It was impossible to install a required package.

[Anirban Dey]

Hi,

I was updating my system (I already was on Quantal) using update-manager, and I was told the following message:
« Can't install 'ubuntu-desktop'
« It was impossible to install a required package. Please report this as a bug using 'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal. »
So I typed the requested command… and here I am ☺
Hoping it can help,
Martin.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.220.8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-74.118-generic 3.13.11-ckt30
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-74-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Mar 19 12:05:31 2016
DistributionChannelDescriptor:
 # This is a distribution channel descriptor
 # For more information see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistributionChannelDescriptor
 canonical-oem-somerville-precise-amd64-20130203-1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-26 (692 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise" - Build amd64 LIVE Binary 20130203-13:50
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2016-01-12 (67 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

mtime.conffile..etc.update.manager.release.upgrades: 2016-02-26T16:06:11.769105

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

All of the log files are from your last distribution upgrade on January 12th. Can you just try installing the ubuntu-desktop package in a terminal using 'apt-get install ubuntu-desktop' and see what happens?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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