do-release-upgrade broken packages after upgrade: gnome-remote-desktop, nautilus

[James Renken]

Trying to perform a `do-release-upgrade` from Jammy (22.04.1 LTS) to Kinetic, with ubuntu-release-upgrader 22.04.15, fails:

WARNING Can't mark 'ubuntu-desktop' for upgrade (E:Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.)
ERROR Dist-upgrade failed: 'Broken packages after upgrade: gnome-remote-desktop, nautilus'

Starting pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 3
Starting 2 pkgProblemResolver with broken count: 3
Investigating (0) nautilus:amd64 < 1:42.2-0ubuntu2 | 1:43.0-1ubuntu2 @ii pumH Ib >
Broken nautilus:amd64 Depends on libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64 < 42.5-0ubuntu1 @ii mR > (>= 3.17.92)
  Considering libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64 0 as a solution to nautilus:amd64 8
  Added libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64 to the remove list
  MarkKeep libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64 < 42.5-0ubuntu1 @ii mR > FU=0
  Fixing nautilus:amd64 via keep of libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64
Investigating (0) libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64 < 42.5-0ubuntu1 @ii mK Ib >
Broken libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64 Depends on gnome-desktop3-data:amd64 < 42.5-0ubuntu1 -> 43-2 @ii umU > (< 43~)
  Considering gnome-desktop3-data:amd64 41 as a solution to libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64 0
  Removing libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64 rather than change gnome-desktop3-data:amd64
  MarkDelete libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64 < 42.5-0ubuntu1 @ii mK Ib > FU=0
Investigating (0) libgnome-desktop-4-1:amd64 < 42.5-0ubuntu1 @ii gK Ib >
Broken libgnome-desktop-4-1:amd64 Depends on gnome-desktop3-data:amd64 < 42.5-0ubuntu1 -> 43-2 @ii umU > (< 43~)
  Considering gnome-desktop3-data:amd64 41 as a solution to libgnome-desktop-4-1:amd64 -2
  Removing libgnome-desktop-4-1:amd64 rather than change gnome-desktop3-data:amd64
  MarkDelete libgnome-desktop-4-1:amd64 < 42.5-0ubuntu1 @ii gK Ib > FU=0
Investigating (1) nautilus:amd64 < 1:42.2-0ubuntu2 | 1:43.0-1ubuntu2 @ii pumH Ib >
Broken nautilus:amd64 Depends on libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64 < 42.5-0ubuntu1 @ii mR > (>= 3.17.92)
  Considering libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64 0 as a solution to nautilus:amd64 8
  Added libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64 to the remove list
  MarkKeep libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64 < 42.5-0ubuntu1 @ii mR > FU=0
  Fixing nautilus:amd64 via keep of libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64
Investigating (1) libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64 < 42.5-0ubuntu1 @ii mK Ib >
Broken libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64 Depends on gnome-desktop3-data:amd64 < 42.5-0ubuntu1 -> 43-2 @ii umU > (< 43~)
  Considering gnome-desktop3-data:amd64 41 as a solution to libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64 0
  Removing libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64 rather than change gnome-desktop3-data:amd64
  MarkDelete libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64 < 42.5-0ubuntu1 @ii mK Ib > FU=0
Investigating (2) nautilus:amd64 < 1:42.2-0ubuntu2 | 1:43.0-1ubuntu2 @ii pumH Ib >
Broken nautilus:amd64 Depends on libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64 < 42.5-0ubuntu1 @ii mR > (>= 3.17.92)
  Considering libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64 0 as a solution to nautilus:amd64 8
  Added libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64 to the remove list
  MarkKeep libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64 < 42.5-0ubuntu1 @ii mR > FU=0
  Fixing nautilus:amd64 via keep of libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64
Investigating (2) libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64 < 42.5-0ubuntu1 @ii mK Ib >
Broken libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64 Depends on gnome-desktop3-data:amd64 < 42.5-0ubuntu1 -> 43-2 @ii umU > (< 43~)
  Considering gnome-desktop3-data:amd64 41 as a solution to libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64 8
  Removing libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64 rather than change gnome-desktop3-data:amd64
  MarkDelete libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64 < 42.5-0ubuntu1 @ii mK Ib > FU=0
Investigating (3) nautilus:amd64 < 1:42.2-0ubuntu2 | 1:43.0-1ubuntu2 @ii pumH Ib >
Broken nautilus:amd64 Depends on libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64 < 42.5-0ubuntu1 @ii mR > (>= 3.17.92)
  Considering libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64 41 as a solution to nautilus:amd64 8
Investigating (3) libmutter-10-0:amd64 < 42.5-0ubuntu1 @ii mK Ib >
Broken libmutter-10-0:amd64 Depends on libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64 < 42.5-0ubuntu1 @ii mR > (>= 3.36.0)
  Considering libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64 41 as a solution to libmutter-10-0:amd64 2
  Removing libmutter-10-0:amd64 rather than change libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64
  MarkDelete libmutter-10-0:amd64 < 42.5-0ubuntu1 @ii mK Ib > FU=0
Investigating (4) gnome-remote-desktop:amd64 < 42.7-0ubuntu1 | 43.2-0ubuntu1 @ii pumH Ib >
Broken gnome-remote-desktop:amd64 Depends on libmutter-10-0:amd64 < 42.5-0ubuntu1 @ii mR > (>= 42.1)
  Considering libmutter-10-0:amd64 41 as a solution to gnome-remote-desktop:amd64 35
Investigating (4) nautilus:amd64 < 1:42.2-0ubuntu2 | 1:43.0-1ubuntu2 @ii pumH Ib >
Broken nautilus:amd64 Depends on libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64 < 42.5-0ubuntu1 @ii mR > (>= 3.17.92)
  Considering libgnome-desktop-3-19:amd64 41 as a solution to nautilus:amd64 8
Done

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:22.04.15
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.17.0-1025.26-oem 5.17.15
Uname: Linux 5.17.0-1025-oem x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Jan 3 17:05:47 2023
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-10-26 (434 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 21.10 "Impish Indri" - Release amd64 (20211012)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to jammy on 2023-01-04 (0 days ago)
mtime.conffile..etc.update-manager.release-upgrades: 2023-01-03T16:37:36.364723

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Jaromir Obr (jaromir-obr)]

I got the issue when upgrading Ubuntu 22.04 => 22.10.

I run "sudo apt remove libgnome-desktop-4-1".
Then I could continue in upgrade to 22.10. After restart of OS I got only a text console and I had to install ubuntu-desktop by "sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop" to get Gnome desktop.

Now everything seems to be working.

These are my currently installed libraries:
----------------------------------------------
$ sudo dpkg -l libgnome-desktop*
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-===========================-============-============-=====================================================
un libgnome-desktop-3-17 <none> <none> (no description available)
un libgnome-desktop-3-18 <none> <none> (no description available)
ii libgnome-desktop-3-20:amd64 43-2 amd64 Utility library for the GNOME desktop - GTK 3 version
ii libgnome-desktop-4-2:amd64 43-2 amd64 Utility library for the GNOME desktop - runtime files

[Waide Soper (waide-soper)]

I had the same issue upgrading 22.04 to 22.10

Like Jaromir I removed packages to get progress, I had to remove libgnome-desktop-3-19.