This workaround worked for me: Remove ubuntu-desktop with "apt-get remove ubuntu-desktop". (You'd probably need to do this while you are in a non-gnome desktop.) Then run the upgrade. ubuntu-desktop can be installed after the upgrade.
-- The package 'ubuntu-desktop' is marked for removal but it is in the removal blacklist https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/509924 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
