Try apt-get install gnome-desktop instead of gnome.  Worked for me.

- Steven


On 10-04-01 06:42 PM, Catch wrote:
> I'm in the middle of experiencing exactly the same problem. To answer
> Pedro's questions I can provide the following information:
>
> 1. the specific steps or actions you took that caused you to encounter the problem.
> Upgrading from karmic to lucid. Manually changed all occurrences of karmic to lucid in /etc/apt/sources.list (see bottom of comment).
> On the command line, performed:
> $sudo apt-get update
> $sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
> Once upgrade was complete, restarted the computer.
> Presented with login screen, no gnome desktop environment available, only xterm.
>
> 2. the behavior you expected
> Gnome to still be present. Along with nautilus and the rest of the environment.
>
> 3. the behavior you actually encountered (in as much detail as possible).
> Gnome was not installed, nor was nautilus. "$ apt-get install nautilus" succeeded as expected.
> when I perform "$ apt-get install gnome" I get the following information:
>
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies.
>    gnome: Depends: swfdec-mozilla but it is not going to be installed
> E: Broken packages
>
> I can then perform the following:
> $ sudo apt-get install swfdec-mozilla
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
>    w3c-dtd-xhtml
> Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
> The following extra packages will be installed:
>    libswfdec-0.8-0
> The following packages will be REMOVED
>    epiphany-browser epiphany-extensions
> The following NEW packages will be installed
>    libswfdec-0.8-0 swfdec-mozilla
> 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> Need to get 0B/471kB of archives.
> After this operation, 2,683kB disk space will be freed.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
> (Reading database ... 243291 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing epiphany-extensions ...
> Removing epiphany-browser ...
> update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/firefox to provide /usr/bin/x-www-browser (x-www-browser) in auto mode.
> update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/google-chrome to provide /usr/bin/gnome-www-browser (gnome-www-browser) in auto mode.
> Processing triggers for man-db ...
> Selecting previously deselected package libswfdec-0.8-0.
> (Reading database ... 243025 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking libswfdec-0.8-0 (from .../libswfdec-0.8-0_0.8.4-1build1_i386.deb) ...
> Selecting previously deselected package swfdec-mozilla.
> Unpacking swfdec-mozilla (from .../swfdec-mozilla_0.8.2-1ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
> Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
> Setting up libswfdec-0.8-0 (0.8.4-1build1) ...
>
> Setting up swfdec-mozilla (0.8.2-1ubuntu2) ...
> update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/swfdec-mozilla/libswfdecmozilla.so to provide /usr/lib/iceape/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so (iceape-flashplugin) in auto mode.
> update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/swfdec-mozilla/libswfdecmozilla.so to provide /usr/lib/iceweasel/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so (iceweasel-flashplugin) in auto mode.
> update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/swfdec-mozilla/libswfdecmozilla.so to provide /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so (mozilla-flashplugin) in auto mode.
> update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/swfdec-mozilla/libswfdecmozilla.so to provide /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so (firefox-flashplugin) in auto mode.
> update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/swfdec-mozilla/libswfdecmozilla.so to provide /usr/lib/xulrunner/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so (xulrunner-flashplugin) in auto mode.
> update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/swfdec-mozilla/libswfdecmozilla.so to provide /usr/lib/midbrowser/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so (midbrowser-flashplugin) in auto mode.
> update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/swfdec-mozilla/libswfdecmozilla.so to provide /usr/lib/xulrunner-addons/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so (xulrunner-addons-flashplugin) in auto mode.
>
> Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
> ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
>
> and trying to install gnome again results in:
> $ sudo apt-get install gnome
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies.
>    gnome: Depends: epiphany-extensions but it is not going to be installed
> E: Broken packages
>
> As another poster commented, I have tried changing my sources to point
> to "main", and moving to different mirrors, uk and us, none of which has
> been successful.
>
> My sources list is:
> $cat sources.list
> # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
> # newer versions of the distribution.
>
> deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main universe restricted
> deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main
>
> ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
> ## distribution.
> deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates main universe restricted
> deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates main
>
> ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
> ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
> ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
>
> ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
> ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
> ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
> ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
> ## security team.
> deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse
> deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid multiverse
> deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates multiverse
> deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates multiverse
>
> ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
> ## repository.
> ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
> ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
> ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
> ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
> ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
> deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports main multiverse universe restricted
> deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-backports main multiverse
>
> ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
> ## 'partner' repository.
> ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
> ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
> deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner
> deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner
>
> deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security main universe restricted
> deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security main
> deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security multiverse
> deb-src http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security multiverse
>
> deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/anders-kaseorg/subversion-1.6/ubuntu lucid main
> deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/anders-kaseorg/subversion-1.6/ubuntu lucid main
> deb http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-proposed universe main multiverse restricted
> deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ lucid free non-free
> deb-src http://packages.medibuntu.org/ lucid free non-free
>
> # Google software repository
> deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable non-free
>
> deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu lucid main
> deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu lucid main
>
> deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/rabbitvcs/ppa/ubuntu lucid main
>
>