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ubuntu-release-upgrader package

Unable to update Kubuntu 14.04 to 16.06

Bug #1581428 reported by romaerzhuk
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ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

When using Ubuntu 14.04, I attempted to upgrade to Ubuntu 16.04.

Using sudo update-manager -d the GUI fails. Screenshots attached.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:0.220.8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-36.41~14.04.1-generic 4.2.8-ckt8
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-36-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Fri May 13 12:30:19 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-07-20 (662 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2016-05-13 (0 days ago)
VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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romaerzhuk (romaerzhuk-s) wrote :
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

You have two meta packages installed and that is causing the release upgrade to fail to be calculated.

2016-05-13 12:00:43,019 DEBUG MetaPkgs: kubuntu-desktop ubuntu-desktop

It looks like you are using kubuntu, if that's the case remove ubuntu-desktop and then run the upgrader again.

Changed in ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1510841, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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