Can't install Ubuntu 12.04 beta 2 Alternative

[Johan Ryberg]

I have tried to install Ubuntu 12.04 Alternative without success. Both server and standard "live" installation works.

I have tried different methods but it seems like some dependencies does not met the installers expectations.

This is the image that I have tried: http://releases.ubuntu.com/12.04/ubuntu-12.04-beta2-alternate-amd64.iso

Installing the base systems seems OK but not the softwares. I got a big red screen with error message "An installation step failed..."

"Work around" is to install server and then ubuntu-desktop meta package. I want to use LVM and disk encryption so I cant use the standard installation.

This is the syslog error message:
Apr 8 11:27:02 in-target: Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
Apr 8 11:27:02 in-target: requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
Apr 8 11:27:02 in-target: distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
Apr 8 11:27:02 in-target: or been moved out of Incoming.
Apr 8 11:27:02 in-target: The following information may help to resolve the situation:
Apr 8 11:27:02 in-target:
Apr 8 11:27:02 in-target: The following packages have unmet dependencies:
Apr 8 11:27:02 in-target: gnome-control-center : Depends: libnm-gtk0 but it is not installable
Apr 8 11:27:02 in-target: network-manager-pptp : Depends: libnm-glib-vpn1 (>= 0.7.999) but it is not installable
Apr 8 11:27:02 in-target: network-manager-pptp-gnome : Depends: libnm-glib-vpn1 (>= 0.8.998) but it is not installable
Apr 8 11:27:02 in-target: xserver-xorg-video-all : Depends: xserver-xorg-video-ati but it is not installable
Apr 8 11:27:02 in-target: Depends: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau but it is not installable
Apr 8 11:27:02 in-target: E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Apr 8 11:27:02 in-target: tasksel: aptitude failed (100)
Apr 8 11:27:03 main-menu[368]: WARNING **: Configuring 'pkgsel' failed with error code 1
Apr 8 11:27:03 main-menu[368]: WARNING **: Menu item 'pkgsel' failed.
Apr 8 11:28:08 main-menu[368]: INFO: Modifying debconf priority limit from 'high' to 'medium'
Apr 8 11:28:08 debconf: Setting debconf/priority to medium
Apr 8 11:28:09 main-menu[368]: DEBUG: resolver (libnewt0.52): package doesn't exist (ignored)
Apr 8 11:28:09 main-menu[368]: DEBUG: resolver (ext2-modules): package doesn't exist (ignored)
Apr 8 11:28:16 main-menu[368]: INFO: Menu item 'save-logs' selected
Apr 8 11:28:22 main-menu[368]: DEBUG: resolver (libnewt0.52): package doesn't exist (ignored)
Apr 8 11:28:22 main-menu[368]: DEBUG: resolver (ext2-modules): package doesn't exist (ignored)

Providing all debug files from the installer as attachments

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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Tom (tomrittervg)]

Not sure if this is helpful, but this seems very similar to 909880 - a graceful way to handle package dependency problems would resolve both.

[hansaplast (9orums)]

If you're installing from a USB-drive, you can fix this doing the following.

On your USB-drive:
- cd to "pool/main/x/xserver-xorg-video-ati/"
- Make sure all files end with the " _amd64.deb" (or _i386.deb if your'e on i386) extention. If not rename them!
- Do the same in "pool/main/x/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau"
- Installation will now proceed without errors (at least in my case)

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/976509

[BUGHUNTER (bughunter)]

Had the same error in iso downloaded 2012-05-21.

[Data (ubuntuaddress)]

Might be the same bug as bug #989902 (which has a more detailed description of the problem).
I am not sure though...

[znorris (znorris)]

Still affected in ubuntu-12.04.1-alternate-amd64.iso

[znorris (znorris)]

I attempted the workaround @hansaplast suggested but it didn't work. I'm left with this in syslog:

in-target: The following packages have unmet dependencies:
in-target: xserver-xorg-video-ati : Depends: xserver-xorg-video-radeon but it is not installable

[micxbro (micxbro)]

@znorris
Rename the radeon file in the xserver-xorg-video-ati folder as well

xserver-xorg-video-radeon_6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubunt.deb -> xserver-xorg-video-radeon_6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb

[Joe Millenbach (jmillenbach)]

Seems like it is related to making the USB bootable media on a Windows machine. znorris said in a forum thread that making the USB stick with DD let him install fine.

[Felix Dreissig (f30)]

@jmillenbach: I doubt that: I have been affected by the this problem as well and I didn't create the bootable USB drive on Windows for sure. In fact, I tried various ways with dd most likely being one if them; none if them worked.

[Aleksey Tsalolikhin (atsaloli-tech)]

check md5sum.txt for what the filenames should be

I'm using ubuntu-12.04.1-alternate-amd64

I had to rename three xserver-xorg-video* packages to match md5sum.txt, and then the install started to sail along.

[Runar Ingebrigtsen (ringe)]

This problem is still present on ubuntu-12.04.3-alternate-i386

[Phill Whiteside (phillw)]

This has come back with Lubuntu 15.04 beta1. It was in Alpha1 or Alpha2