could not easily uninstall plugins before or during upgrade to 23.10 from 23.04 LTS

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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:23.04.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.2.0-39.40-generic 6.2.16
Uname: Linux 6.2.0-39-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.26.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Jan 15 22:50:31 2024
InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-04-24 (267 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 23.04 "Lunar Lobster" - Release amd64 (20230418)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 TERM=xterm-256color
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to lunar on 2024-01-16 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeAptHistorylog:
 Start-Date: 2024-01-15 22:49:09
 Requested-By: dr-worm (1000)
 End-Date: 2024-01-15 22:49:09
VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog:
 Log started: 2024-01-15 22:49:09
 Log ended: 2024-01-15 22:49:09
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog: