after upgrading to 11.10 I tried to update. I got a message that it can't install ubuntu-desktop
Bug #975683 reported by
Mike C.
This bug affects 2 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| update-manager (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Running a dual boot with Windows 7 on a 64-bit system. Was using Zorin Linux. After upgrade, I received the message above. Unable to install ubuntu desktop.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: update-manager 1:0.152.25.8
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Apr 6 21:45:55 2012
InstallationMedia: Zorin OS 5.2 64bit - Release amd64
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2012-04-07 (0 days ago)
Revision history for this message
| Mike C. (mikecolligan) wrote | #1 |
Revision history for this message
| Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in update-manager (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Invalid |
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2012-04-06 18:25:16,905 DEBUG plugins for condition 'from_nattyPost
2012-04-06 18:25:16,953 DEBUG none of the '['ubuntu-desktop', 'kubuntu-desktop', 'xubuntu-desktop', 'ubuntustudio-
2012-04-06 18:25:16,953 DEBUG guessing 'ubuntu-desktop' as missing meta-pkg
2012-04-06 18:25:17,213 ERROR failed to mark 'ubuntu-desktop' for install (E:Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.)
Apparently Zorin OS doesn't provide any of the meta packages. This likely the source of the problem and there isn't anything, we the developers of Ubuntu can do about it.