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Ubuntu upgrade leads unmet dependencies

Unix & Linux Asked by Jonkobu on December 29, 2020

so after upgrading from Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04 my system settings were gone. Trying to fix it (by installing gnome-control-center) lead to some unmet dependencies which I tried to fix (and that didn’t work). I changed the setting I needed directly, but upon restarting the laptop today I got an error message:

iwlwifi: 0000:02:00.0: BIOS contains WGDS but no WRDS

In recovery mode I tried to install ubuntu-desktop (not reinstall, it is not currently installed to my surprise), which didn’t work and gives the following error:

ubuntu-desktop: Depends: gdm3 but it it not going to be installed
Depends: gnome-control-center but it it not going to be installed
Depends: gnome-shell but it it not going to be installed
Depends: gnome-shell-extension-appindicator but it it not going to be installed
Depends: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons but it it not going to be installed
Depends: gnome-shell-extension-ubuntu-dock but it it not going to be installed
Depends: ubuntu-desktop-minimal but it it not going to be installed
Depends: ubuntu-release-upgrader-gtk but it it not going to be installed
Depends: ubuntu-session but it it not going to be installed
Depends: update-manager but it it not going to be installed
Depends: xorg but it it not going to be installed
Depends: yelp but it it not going to be installed
Depends: zenity but it it not going to be installed
Recommends: cheese but it it not going to be installed
Recommends: gnome-calendar but it it not going to be installed
Recommends: gnome-getting-started-docs but it it not going to be installed
Recommends: gnome-initial-setup but it it not going to be installed
Recommends: gnome-todo but it it not going to be installed
Recommends: nautilus-share but it it not going to be installed
Recommends: shotwell but it it not going to be installed
Recommends: totem but it it not going to be installed
Recommends: ubuntu-docs but it it not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages

I have checked for broken packages with dpkg --get-selections | grep hold, which yields no result.

I have tried sudo dpkg --configure -a,
sudo aptitude install ubuntu desktop,
sudo apt-get -f install,
and sudo apt-get update, neither of which changes anything.

If I were home I would just reinstall Ubuntu, but I am not so I don’t have the option to do that.

Is there a way to resolve the dependency issue? Recursively trying to manually install the Depends: … packages seems like it might not be a fruitful endeavor.

Edit:
Running grep -r deb /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d gives:

/etc/apt/sources.list:# cdrom:[Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS _Bionic Beaver_ - Release amd64 (20190805)] Biopic main restricted
/etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal main restricted 
/etc/apt/sources.list:# deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic main restricted
/etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-updates main restricted
/etc/apt/sources.list:# deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates main restricted
/etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal universe
/etc/apt/sources.list:# deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic universe
/etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-updates universe
/etc/apt/sources.list:# deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates universe
/etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal multiverse 
/etc/apt/sources.list: # deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic multiverse
/etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-updates multiverse
/etc/apt/sources.list: # deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates multiverse
/etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
/etc/apt/sources.list: # deb-src http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
/etc/apt/sources.list: # deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic partner
/etc/apt/sources.list: #deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic partner
/etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security main restricted
/etc/apt/sources.list: #deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security main restricted
/etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security universe
/etc/apt/sources.list:# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security universe
/etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security multiverse
/etc/apt/sources.list: # deb arc http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security multiverse
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.chrome.list.save: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/oibaf-ubuntu-graphics-drivers-bionic.list: # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/oibaf/graphics-drivers/ubuntu focal main # disabled on upgrade to focal
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/oibaf-ubuntu-graphics-drivers-bionic.list: # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/oibaf/graphics-drivers/ubuntu bionic main 
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/oibaf-ubuntu-graphics-drivers-bionic.list.distUpgrade: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/oibaf/graphics-drivers/ubuntu bionic main 
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/oibaf-ubuntu-graphics-drivers-bionic.list.distUpgrade:# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/oibaf/graphics-drivers/ubuntu bionic main 
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list.distUpgrade: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main

Thanks if anyone can help!

One Answer

Okay, so thanks to nobody's comment I found a solution: The ppa for the graphics driver is not upgraded automatically. Running:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

resolved the dependencies and now even the system settings are back.

If anyone has a similar problem: Check if there are any fishy entries in the output to

grep -r deb /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d

In my case the oibaf ... entry contained 'bionic', which is the 18.04 version of Ubuntu, so updating the drivers gave the correct repositories and resolved all issues.

Answered by Jonkobu on December 29, 2020

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