Comment 7 for bug 1749840

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ironmikezero (ironmikezero) wrote : Re: [Bug 1749840] Re: apt-get install ubuntu-desktop doesn't work

It's been working for over 24 hours--Great! Many thanks!

On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 10:52 AM, Lance Lascari <email address hidden>
wrote:

> same here
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1749840
>
> Title:
> apt-get install ubuntu-desktop doesn't work
>
> Status in compiz package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> So I used mini.iso from:
>
> http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/xenial-updates/
> main/installer-amd64/curre
> nt/images/netboot/mini.iso
>
> Installed a minimal ubuntu install.
>
> sudo to root and run
>
> apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
>
> This is the output:
>
> root@ubuntu:~# apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> ubuntu-desktop : Depends: unity but it is not going to be installed
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
>
>
> We noticed this on our foreman server today so I tried it in a minimal
> install from iso and it gives the same error. We suspect this was a recent
> change that was made.
>
>
> We think there is a dependency problem with compiz-core
>
> See:
>
> https://pastebin.com/Z4cpydeZ
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
> Package: compiz-core 1:0.9.12.3+16.04.20171116-0ubuntu1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-112.135-generic 4.4.98
> Uname: Linux 4.4.0-112-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Thu Feb 15 18:19:15 2018
> ProcEnviron:
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> TERM=xterm
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SourcePackage: compiz
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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