Comment 23 for bug 639933

Jean,

  I just want to let you know that by removing both x11-xkb-utils &
x11-common as suggested in one of the posts, the installation went smoothly
and had no other problems.

  Thanks for the reply.

      -Abe

On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 8:08 PM, Jean-Baptiste Lallement <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> After investigation, I think that some package coming from the kubuntu-ppa
> or kubuntu-ppa/backport is blocking the update but I haven't found which one
> yet.
> I'm lowering the importance and closing the x11-xkb-utils task.
>
> ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
> Importance: High => Low
>
> ** Changed in: x11-xkb-utils (Ubuntu)
> Status: Triaged => Invalid
>
> --
> 10.04 -> 10.10beta: could not install the upgrades - Couldn't configure
> pre-depend x11-common for x11-xkb-utils, probably a dependency cycle.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/639933
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> Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu: Triaged
> Status in “x11-xkb-utils” package in Ubuntu: Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: update-manager
>
> When doing a distribution upgrade (kdesudo "do-release-upgrade -m desktop
> -f kde -d"), the installer aborts with the message "E:Couldn't configure
> pre-dependend x11-common for x11-xkb-utils, probably a dependency cycle."
>
> The installer just finished "Getting new packages" and was about to start
> "Installing the upgrades".
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