gnome-control-center not installed

Bug #1274380 reported by joshiss
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Bug Description

while upgrading from 13.10 to 14.04 alpha 2 the do-release-upgrade gave following errors and now my system is completely unstable please help

Running hooks in /etc/ca-certificates/update.d....
Adding debian:Verisign_Class_3_Public_Primary_Certification_Authority_2.pem
done.
done.
Processing triggers for gconf2 (3.2.6-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for dictionaries-common (1.20.5) ...
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.103ubuntu3) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-5-generic
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ubuntu-desktop
 libfprint0:i386
 fprintd
 libpam-fprintd:i386
Error in function:

A fatal error occurred

Please report this as a bug and include the files
/var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log and /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log in
your report. The upgrade has aborted.
Your original sources.list was saved in
/etc/apt/sources.list.distUpgrade.

SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Could not install the upgrades

The upgrade has aborted. Your system could be in an unusable state. A
recovery will run now (dpkg --configure -a).

Setting up libfprint0:i386 (1:0.5.1-1) ...
Setting up fprintd (0.5.1-1) ...
Setting up libpam-fprintd:i386 (0.5.1-1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-desktop:
 ubuntu-desktop depends on gnome-control-center; however:
  Package gnome-control-center is not installed.
 ubuntu-desktop depends on gnome-control-center-datetime; however:
  Package gnome-control-center-datetime is not installed.
 ubuntu-desktop depends on ubuntu-artwork; however:
  Package ubuntu-artwork is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package ubuntu-desktop (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.18-0ubuntu6) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ubuntu-desktop

Upgrade complete

The upgrade has completed but there were errors during the upgrade
process.

To continue please press [ENTER]

root@j0053-hp-probook-4420s:/home/j0053# apt-get install gnome-control-center
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 gnome-control-center : Depends: libgoa-1.0-0b (>= 3.5.90) but it is not going to be installed
                        Depends: libgoa-backend-1.0-1 (>= 3.10.0) but it is not going to be installed
                        Depends: gkbd-capplet (>= 3.5.90) but it is not going to be installed
 python3-uno : Depends: python3:any (>= 3.3.2-2~) but it is not installable
 software-center : Depends: python:any (>= 2.7.1-0ubuntu2) but it is not installable
                   Recommends: sessioninstaller but it is not going to be installed
 ubuntu-desktop : Depends: gnome-control-center-datetime but it is not going to be installed
                Depends: ubuntu-artwork but it is not going to be installed
                  Recommends: empathy but it is not going to be installed
                  Recommends: gnome-control-center-unity but it is not going to be installed
                  Recommends: nautilus-share but it is not going to be installed
                  Recommends: rhythmbox but it is not going to be installed
                  Recommends: rhythmbox-plugin-magnatune but it is not going to be installed
                  Recommends: rhythmbox-ubuntuone but it is not going to be installed
                  Recommends: shotwell but it is not going to be installed
                  Recommends: ubuntu-docs but it is not going to be installed
                  Recommends: xul-ext-webaccounts but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
root@j0053-hp-probook-4420s:/home/j0053# apt-get update --fix-missing --fix-broken; apt-get dist-upgrade --fix-missing --fix-broken -y -y
E: Command line option --fix-broken is not understood
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  blt cups-pk-helper db5.1-util gdebi-core gnome-control-center-data libbit-vector-perl libbonoboui2-0 libbonoboui2-common
  libboost-iostreams1.53.0 libboost-program-options1.53.0 libboost-serialization1.53.0 libboost-system1.53.0 libboost-thread1.53.0
  libboost1.53-dev libcamel-1.2-43 libcarp-clan-perl libcddb2 libcgraph5 libcolamd2.7.1 libcrystalhd3 libdate-calc-perl libdate-calc-xs-perl
  libdbi1 libdvbpsi8 libebackend-1.2-6 libebml3 libecal-1.2-15 libedata-book-1.2-17 libedata-cal-1.2-20 libedataserver-1.2-17 libfftw3-3
  libfile-rsyncp-perl libgconf2.0-cil libglew1.8 libglewmx1.8 libglib2.0-cil libglm-dev libgnomecanvas2-0 libgnomecanvas2-common libgvpr1
  libgweather-3-3 libio-dirent-perl libiso9660-8 libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0 libkdb5-6 libkrb5-dev libllvm3.3 libmatroska5 libmirclient-dev
  libmirclient3 libmirprotobuf-dev libmono-2.0-1 libmono-cairo2.0-cil libmono-cecil-private-cil libmono-management4.0-cil libmono-posix2.0-cil
  libmono-security2.0-cil libmono-sharpzip2.84-cil libmono-system-xml-linq4.0-cil libmono-system2.0-cil libnux-3.0-common libpam-freerdp
  libprocps0 libprotobuf-dev libprotobuf-lite7 libpthread-stubs0 libqpdf10 libraw9 libreoffice-gnome libreoffice-gtk libresid-builder0c2a
  librrd4 libsidplay2 libssh2-1 libtar0 libtime-modules-perl libupnp6 libupstart-app-launch1 libuser1 libva-x11-1 libvcdinfo0 libvlc5
  libwebkitgtk-1.0-common libwebp4 libxcb-composite0 libxcb-sync0 libxcb-xv0 libytnef0 liferea-data linux-headers-3.11.0-14
  linux-headers-3.11.0-14-generic linux-image-3.11.0-14-generic linux-image-extra-3.11.0-14-generic mircommon-dev openjdk-7-jre-lib
  packagekit-backend-aptcc python-imaging-compat python-libuser python-oneconf python3-packagekit rrdtool shotwell-common
  signon-keyring-extension tdb-tools ttf-marvosym
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages have been kept back:
  libharfbuzz-icu0 libpangoft2-1.0-0 texlive-binaries
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
root@j0053-hp-probook-4420s:/home/j0053# sudo dpkg --configure -a
root@j0053-hp-probook-4420s:/home/j0053# apt-get install gnome-control-center
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:
 gnome-control-center : Depends: libgoa-backend-1.0-1 (>= 3.10.0) but it is not going to be installed
                        Depends: libwebkitgtk-3.0-0 (>= 1.3.10) but it is not going to be installed
                        Depends: gkbd-capplet (>= 3.5.90) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
root@j0053-hp-probook-4420s:/home/j0053# apt-get install libgoa-backend
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package libgoa-backend
root@j0053-hp-probook-4420s:/home/j0053# apt-get update --fix-missing --fix-broken; apt-get dist-upgrade --fix-missing --fix-broken
E: Command line option --fix-broken is not understood
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  blt cups-pk-helper db5.1-util gdebi-core gnome-control-center-data libbit-vector-perl libbonoboui2-0 libbonoboui2-common
  libboost-iostreams1.53.0 libboost-program-options1.53.0 libboost-serialization1.53.0 libboost-system1.53.0 libboost-thread1.53.0
  libboost1.53-dev libcamel-1.2-43 libcarp-clan-perl libcddb2 libcgraph5 libcolamd2.7.1 libcrystalhd3 libdate-calc-perl libdate-calc-xs-perl
  libdbi1 libdvbpsi8 libebackend-1.2-6 libebml3 libecal-1.2-15 libedata-book-1.2-17 libedata-cal-1.2-20 libedataserver-1.2-17 libfftw3-3
  libfile-rsyncp-perl libgconf2.0-cil libglew1.8 libglewmx1.8 libglib2.0-cil libglm-dev libgnomecanvas2-0 libgnomecanvas2-common libgvpr1
  libgweather-3-3 libio-dirent-perl libiso9660-8 libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0 libkdb5-6 libkrb5-dev libllvm3.3 libmatroska5 libmirclient-dev
  libmirclient3 libmirprotobuf-dev libmono-2.0-1 libmono-cairo2.0-cil libmono-cecil-private-cil libmono-management4.0-cil libmono-posix2.0-cil
  libmono-security2.0-cil libmono-sharpzip2.84-cil libmono-system-xml-linq4.0-cil libmono-system2.0-cil libnux-3.0-common libpam-freerdp
  libprocps0 libprotobuf-dev libprotobuf-lite7 libpthread-stubs0 libqpdf10 libraw9 libreoffice-gnome libreoffice-gtk libresid-builder0c2a
  librrd4 libsidplay2 libssh2-1 libtar0 libtime-modules-perl libupnp6 libupstart-app-launch1 libuser1 libva-x11-1 libvcdinfo0 libvlc5
  libwebkitgtk-1.0-common libwebp4 libxcb-composite0 libxcb-sync0 libxcb-xv0 libytnef0 liferea-data linux-headers-3.11.0-14
  linux-headers-3.11.0-14-generic linux-image-3.11.0-14-generic linux-image-extra-3.11.0-14-generic mircommon-dev openjdk-7-jre-lib
  packagekit-backend-aptcc python-imaging-compat python-libuser python-oneconf python3-packagekit rrdtool shotwell-common
  signon-keyring-extension tdb-tools ttf-marvosym
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages have been kept back:
  libharfbuzz-icu0 libpangoft2-1.0-0 texlive-binaries
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
root@j0053-hp-probook-4420s:/home/j0053# apport-bug ubuntu-desktop
dpkg-query: no packages found matching ubuntu-desktop

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ubuntu-desktop (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-15.23-generic 3.11.10
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-15-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Jan 30 10:06:07 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-03-24 (676 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20120324)
SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-01-30 (0 days ago)

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joshiss (joshiss) wrote :
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Seth Arnold (seth-arnold) wrote : Bug is not a security issue

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

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