This issue clearly is not caused by the kubuntu-meta package
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Title:
System broken
Is there a best practice where I can avoid ANY and ALL updates once I
have reached a stable OS?
I can then choose to upgrade the OS at points in time that will not
break the day-to-day workload and certainly do a backup prior to that.
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If holding back package updates because of phased updates actively
damages systems (as it most certainly seems to be in this case), then it
would seem the feature causes more harm than good.
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Regarding the (very well intentioned) suggestion by @ishmaeljx in
comment #10 to disable Phased Updates, I may be wrong but I believe that
suggestion will only increase the likelihood of installing the
troublesome updates. I say that based on the following question and
answers taken from
The following is very odd.
Setup: I install Ubuntu from the same USB drive. I tried to install with
updates during the installation and without.
Result: Installations period to Friday, worked with no issues.
Installation afterwards, end up with a red stop sign icon on the top-
right menu bar.
"I suspect this is due to something being terribly wrong with apt's
phased updates."
Yes, the issue seems to be caused by some kept back packages yesterday:
The following packages have been kept back:
base-files language-pack-de language-pack-de-base language-pack-gnome-de
Maybe this is related: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS. From Aug 4, 2023 on the Software
Updater tool offered to make a partial upgrade to install some software updates
which also included the removal of 3 packets:
- gthumb
- ubuntu-unity-desktop
- steam-installer
The latter two are just metapackages to I
I hadd the same potential problem in Xubuntu 22.04 on 5th August when running
sudo apt full-upgrade
but aborted when I saw much of the GUI was to be removed.
Running
sudo apt upgrade
was successful but following a reboot re-running
sudo apt full-upgrade
again just to test the system, wanted to
** Description changed:
Ubuntu 22.04 fresh install or not
After "sudo apt full-upgrade" of 5th august 2023, many essentials packages
are flagged unnecessary and uninstalled. Including :
mate-session-manager
xorg
ubuntu-mate-core
After reboot, system broken, no way to start and need
As a precautionary measure and given the variety of cases, I suggest
that the official Ubuntu teams issue an official statement to avoid
making updates until further notice.
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