Comment 4 for bug 153318

~$ sudo dpkg -r pixeldemo
Password:
(Reading database ... 485887 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing pixeldemo ...
dpkg - warning: while removing pixeldemo, directory `/usr/share/mime/image' not empty so not removed.
~$ warning: could not initiate dbus
Launching a SCIM daemon with Socket FrontEnd...
Loading simple Config module ...
Creating backend ...
Loading socket FrontEnd module ...
Starting SCIM as daemon ...
GTK Panel of SCIM 1.4.4

[3]- Exit 1 sudo update-manager -c

This didn't work, but I hope, this will:

~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
[...]
1823 upgraded, 178 newly installed, 105 to remove and 7 not upgraded.
Need to get 2151kB/1946MB of archives.
After unpacking 784MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?

Stay tuned :)