apt install ubuntu-desktop takes forever

[Vitali Fridman]

Install server 23.04 to take advantage of flexible disk partitioning/raid. While installing desktop over the installed server (apt install ubuntu-desktop) it proceeds normally about 40% of the way but after that it slows down tremendously, hanging for minutes in between packages. It eventually (after several hours) completes without error.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.04
Package: subiquity (unknown)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.2.0-20.20-generic 6.2.6
Uname: Linux 6.2.0-20-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.26.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed May 3 11:41:00 2023
InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-04-29 (3 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 23.04 "Lunar Lobster" - Release amd64 (20230415)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 TERM=xterm-256color
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: subiquity
Symptom: installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Olivier Gayot (ogayot)]

Hello and thank you for your bug report,

Marking invalid for subiquity since there is nothing we can do from the installer's standpoint. Adding ubuntu-meta (which is the source package for ubuntu-desktop).

Thanks,
Olivier

[Andrew N (andrewdotn)]

Hi, I’ve run into this issue many times and today tracked down the cause to this open bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/netplan/+bug/1999178