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I tried to upgrade Ubuntu 23.04 to 23.10 by running sudo do-release-upgrade and got this error:

Checking package manager
Reading package lists... Done    
Building dependency tree... Done 
Reading state information... Done

Calculating the changes


Calculating the changes


Could not calculate the upgrade


An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.


This was likely caused by:


    

  • Unofficial software packages not provided by Ubuntu
    • 



Please use the tool 'ppa-purge' from the ppa-purge 
package to remove software from a Launchpad PPA and 
try the upgrade again.

I looked at the log files and this is the only ERROR I saw:

2023-11-10 11:23:46,189 DEBUG Marking 'ubuntu-desktop' for upgrade
2023-11-10 11:23:46,389 WARNING Can't mark 'ubuntu-desktop' for upgrade (E:Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.)
2023-11-10 11:23:46,541 ERROR Dist-upgrade failed: 'Broken packages after upgrade: ubuntu-desktop'

$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list

See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to


newer versions of the distribution.


deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar main restricted


deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar main restricted


Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the


distribution.


deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-updates main restricted


deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-updates main restricted


N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu


team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any


review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.


deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar universe


deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar universe


deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-updates universe


deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-updates universe


N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu


team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to


your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in


multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu


security team.


deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar multiverse


deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar multiverse


deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-updates multiverse


deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-updates multiverse


N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as


extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes


newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.


Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review


or updates from the Ubuntu security team.


deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-backports main restricted universe multiverse


deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-backports main restricted universe multiverse


deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-security main restricted


deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-security main restricted


deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-security universe


deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-security universe


deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-security multiverse


deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar-security multiverse


$ ll /etc/apt/sources.list.d
total 56
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 112 Nov 10 11:23 docker.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 112 Nov 10 07:02 docker.list.distUpgrade
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  67 Nov 10 11:23 dropbox.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  67 Nov 10 07:02 dropbox.list.distUpgrade
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 121 Nov 10 11:23 github-cli.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 121 Nov 10 07:02 github-cli.list.distUpgrade
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 190 Nov 10 11:23 google-chrome.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 190 Nov 10 07:02 google-chrome.list.distUpgrade
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 193 Nov 10 11:23 slack.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 193 Nov 10 07:02 slack.list.distUpgrade
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 203 Nov 10 11:23 vscode.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 203 Nov 10 07:02 vscode.list.distUpgrade
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  55 Nov 10 11:23 zulip-desktop.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  55 Nov 10 07:02 zulip-desktop.list.distUpgrade

$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list
deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu   lunar stable
deb [arch=i386,amd64] http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu kinetic main
deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg] https://cli.github.com/packages stable main
### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
# You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
deb [arch=amd64] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
# You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
deb https://packagecloud.io/slacktechnologies/slack/debian/ jessie main
### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
# You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
deb [arch=amd64,arm64,armhf] http://packages.microsoft.com/repos/code stable main
deb https://download.zulip.com/desktop/apt stable main

From /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log:

 MarkDelete ubuntu-desktop-minimal:amd64 < 1.501 @ii umH Ib > FU=0

Investigating (2) ubuntu-desktop:amd64 < 1.501 -> 1.524 @ii pumU Ib >
Broken ubuntu-desktop:amd64 Depends on gdm3:amd64 < 44.0-1ubuntu2 @ii umR >
  Considering gdm3:amd64 16 as a solution to ubuntu-desktop:amd64 10001
  Added gdm3:amd64 to the remove list
Broken ubuntu-desktop:amd64 Depends on gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-tiling-assistant:amd64 < none @un mH >
  Considering gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-tiling-assistant:amd64 1 as a solution to ubuntu-desktop:amd64 10001
Broken ubuntu-desktop:amd64 Depends on ubuntu-desktop-minimal:amd64 < 1.501 @ii umR >
  Considering ubuntu-desktop-minimal:amd64 1 as a solution to ubuntu-desktop:amd64 10001
  Added ubuntu-desktop-minimal:amd64 to the remove list
  MarkKeep gdm3:amd64 < 44.0-1ubuntu2 @ii umR > FU=0
  Fixing ubuntu-desktop:amd64 via keep of gdm3:amd64
  MarkKeep ubuntu-desktop-minimal:amd64 < 1.501 @ii umR > FU=0
  Fixing ubuntu-desktop:amd64 via keep of ubuntu-desktop-minimal:amd64
Investigating (2) gdm3:amd64 < 44.0-1ubuntu2 @ii umH Ib >
Broken gdm3:amd64 Depends on gir1.2-gdm-1.0:amd64 < 44.0-1ubuntu2 -> 45~beta-1ubuntu1 @ii umU > (= 44.0-1ubuntu2)
  Considering gir1.2-gdm-1.0:amd64 16 as a solution to gdm3:amd64 10001
  Added gir1.2-gdm-1.0:amd64 to the remove list
Broken gdm3:amd64 Depends on libgdm1:amd64 < 44.0-1ubuntu2 -> 45~beta-1ubuntu1 @ii umU > (= 44.0-1ubuntu2)
  Considering libgdm1:amd64 6 as a solution to gdm3:amd64 10001
  Added libgdm1:amd64 to the remove list
  MarkKeep gir1.2-gdm-1.0:amd64 < 44.0-1ubuntu2 -> 45~beta-1ubuntu1 @ii umU > FU=0
  Fixing gdm3:amd64 via keep of gir1.2-gdm-1.0:amd64
  MarkKeep libgdm1:amd64 < 44.0-1ubuntu2 -> 45~beta-1ubuntu1 @ii umU > FU=0
  Fixing gdm3:amd64 via keep of libgdm1:amd64
 Try to Re-Instate (2) libgdm1:amd64
  MarkKeep libgdm1:amd64 < 44.0-1ubuntu2 -> 45~beta-1ubuntu1 @ii umU > FU=0
Investigating (3) ubuntu-desktop:amd64 < 1.501 -> 1.524 @ii pumU Ib >
Broken ubuntu-desktop:amd64 Depends on gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-tiling-assistant:amd64 < none @un mH >
  Considering gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-tiling-assistant:amd64 1 as a solution to ubuntu-desktop:amd64 10001
 Try to Re-Instate (3) gir1.2-gdm-1.0:amd64
  MarkKeep gir1.2-gdm-1.0:amd64 < 44.0-1ubuntu2 -> 45~beta-1ubuntu1 @ii umU > FU=0
Done


$ apt policy ubuntu-desktop
ubuntu-desktop:
  Installed: 1.501
  Candidate: 1.501
  Version table:
 *** 1.501 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu lunar/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Any idea what to do now?

szabgab
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3 Answers3

27

Had the same issue. What ended up working for me was

sudo apt reinstall gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-tiling-assistant
sudo apt reinstall ubuntu-desktop
sudo do-release-upgrade
alix
  • 386
0

I ran into this as well. The only thing that worked for me was following the advice from https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/xcaurm/help_cant_mark_ubuntudesktop_for_upgrade_while/. Though I had to uninstall a larger set of packages. When the Ubuntu install finished it left me in the terminal until I re-installed those packages, so save the list in a text file or somewhere accessible from the terminal.

sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq ubuntu-desktop gnome-remote-desktop gnome-shell gdm3 cinnamon-core ubuntu-desktop-minimal mutter gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons-ng gnome-shell-extension-appindicator ubuntu-sessio
Ben McCann
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You can get gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-tiling-assistant from packages.ubuntu.com. It is available in 4 versions from 46-1ubuntu1 to 48-1ubuntu1.

wget https://packages.ubuntu.com/noble/gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-tiling-assistant;
sudo apt install ./gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-tiling-assistant;
sudo apt update; {optional}
sudo apt -f install {optional, = fix}

As it might not be the exact version, you may experience problems, but I've found similar hacks in the past to work.

Sometimes you have to force the install, sudo dpkg --install --force-depends --force-overwrite [PKGNAME]. But be sure you understand from man dpkg what the flags will do.

pbhj
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