The package 'ubuntu-desktop' is marked for removal but it is in the removal blacklist

[zine92]

Binary package hint: update-manager

Can't guess meta-package

Your system does not contain a ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop or edubuntu-desktop package and it was not possible to detect which version of Ubuntu you are running.
 Please install one of the packages above first using synaptic or apt-get before proceeding.

When i click partial upgrade. This was shown followed by,

Could not calculate the upgrade

An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade:
The package 'ubuntu-desktop' is marked for removal but it is in the removal blacklist.

 This can be caused by:
 * Upgrading to a pre-release version of Ubuntu
 * Running the current pre-release version of Ubuntu
 * Unofficial software packages not provided by Ubuntu

This is most likely a transient problem, please try again later

So by any chance do i need to upload anything or did i do anything wrong. Please correct me. Thanks.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jan 20 08:49:23 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
MachineType: LENOVO 4063EC6
Package: xorg 1:7.5+1ubuntu1
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-10-generic root=UUID=8e464eca-60a9-4050-90fc-ca82adbeb7b9 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_SG.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-10.14-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
 xserver-xorg 1:7.5+1ubuntu1
 libgl1-mesa-glx 7.7-0ubuntu7
 libdrm2 2.4.17-0ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.9.1-1ubuntu1
 xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20091125.0061c4db-0ubuntu2
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
Tags: lucid
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-10-generic x86_64
XorgConf: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/X11/xorg.conf'
dmi.bios.date: 11/24/2009
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 6FET81WW (3.11 )
dmi.board.name: 4063EC6
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Available
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr6FET81WW(3.11):bd11/24/2009:svnLENOVO:pn4063EC6:pvrThinkPadW500:rvnLENOVO:rn4063EC6:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
dmi.product.name: 4063EC6
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad W500
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
 distro: Ubuntu
 architecture: x86_64kernel: 2.6.32-10-generic

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Could you please add the log files from '/var/log/dist-upgrade/' to this bug report as separate attachments? Thanks in advance.

[Neelakanth Nadgir (realneel)]

I am seeing the same error. Uploaded the main.log file. term.log is empty

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

 We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

[Kalin Arsov (kalin-arsov)]

This bug affects me also. I have attached only the apt.log since all other files are last modified a few days ago.

You can see the last lines read:

ERROR:root:NvidiaDetector can not be imported No module named NvidiaDetector.nvidiadetector
MarkUpgrade() called on a non-upgrable pkg: 'brasero'
ERROR:root:Upgrading 'brasero' failed
MarkUpgrade() called on a non-upgrable pkg: 'ubuntu-desktop'
MarkUpgrade() called on a non-upgrable pkg: 'kubuntu-desktop'
ERROR:root:Dist-upgrade failed: 'The package 'ubuntu-desktop' is marked for removal but it is in the removal blacklist.'

[Kalin Arsov (kalin-arsov)]

The bug was resolved after today's repository update.

[Charlie Kravetz (cjkgeek)]

This bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this being fixed with an update. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status . Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please submit any future bugs you may find.

[Aslan Gencer (aslan-gencer)]

It happened to me as well with Lucid beta 2 on amd64.
Following is after the update manager restores the original state:

$ dpkg -l ubuntu-desktop
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-============================-============================-========================================================================
ii ubuntu-desktop 1.175 The Ubuntu desktop system

Attaching the main.log and apt.log. term.log is empty.

My OS history:
Ubuntu 9.04 fresh install, upgraded to 9.10 via update-manager, switched to Kubuntu then Xubuntu. Removed Kubuntu with this command: "apt-get remove kubuntu-desktop kubuntu-artwork-usplash". I don't remember touching ubuntu-desktop package at all.

[Aslan Gencer (aslan-gencer)]

attaching apt.log

[Aslan Gencer (aslan-gencer)]

Happening with the RC as well.

I haven't tried upgrading using the CD yet in case you need more data. I see that this bug has been marked as invalid but I assure you it is not.

[Naveen BM (naveenbm)]

I tried upgrading from Ubuntu 9.10 to 10.4 and hit this issue. I have also disabled all third party sources and tried, see same issue.

[Aslan Gencer (aslan-gencer)]

This workaround worked for me:
Remove ubuntu-desktop with "apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop". (You'd probably need to do this while you are in a non-gnome desktop.) Then run the upgrade. ubuntu-desktop can be installed after the upgrade.

[Kent Seaton (spr0k3t)]

I ran into this bug today while trying to upgrade my Mythbuntu system remotely using "apt-get dist-upgrade". This was after all repositories have been up to date and third-party disabled. The simple fix is:

[code]apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop[/code]

... as mentioned by Aslan Gencer.

[Daniel Badagnani (daniel-fisica)]

I had this problem in upgrading from 10.04 to 12.04, today.

[Iusico Maxim (iusmac)]

I ran in this problem on Ubuntu 21.10 and the workaround suggested by Aslan Gencer worked.
That is, I manually removed the ubuntu-desktop package, then returned to Software Updater and the partial upgrade was completed successfully.