Hi I fixed this  by installing   the Ubuntu-Desktop   in the terminal
and the  installation  went ahead  without a hitch  thanks    for all your
effort you guys  you are stars
 Cheers
 Gary


On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 9:51 PM, papukaija <1069...@bugs.launchpad.net>wrote:

> ** Tags added: precise2quantal
>
> ** Description changed:
>
> -  it will not complete upgrade because it says it cant  install  Ubuntu
> desktop
> - Upgrade from  12.04 to  12.10
> + The upgrade doesn't complete because it says it can't install Ubuntu
> desktop
> + Upgrade from  12.04 to  12.10.
> +
> + From VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.txt:
> +
> + ERROR:root:failed to mark 'ubuntu-desktop' for install (E:Unable to
> + correct problems, you have held broken packages.)
> +
> + There's lot of other dependency issues in that error log.
> +
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
>   Package: update-manager 1:0.156.14.11
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
>   Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic i686
>   ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13
>   Architecture: i386
>   Date: Sun Oct 21 21:30:34 2012
>   GsettingsChanges:
> -  com.ubuntu.update-manager first-run false
> -  com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1350817788
> -  com.ubuntu.update-manager show-details true
> -  com.ubuntu.update-manager window-height 579
> -  com.ubuntu.update-manager window-width 1024
> +  com.ubuntu.update-manager first-run false
> +  com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1350817788
> +  com.ubuntu.update-manager show-details true
> +  com.ubuntu.update-manager window-height 579
> +  com.ubuntu.update-manager window-width 1024
>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386
> (20111012)
>   PackageArchitecture: all
>   ProcEnviron:
> -  LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
> -  TERM=xterm
> -  PATH=(custom, no user)
> -  LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
> -  SHELL=/bin/bash
> +  LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
> +  TERM=xterm
> +  PATH=(custom, no user)
> +  LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
> +  SHELL=/bin/bash
>   SourcePackage: update-manager
>   UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-10-21 (0 days ago)
>   VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstate.tar.gz: Error: [Errno 13]
> Permission denied: '/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz'
>   VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> -  it will not complete upgrade because it says it cant  install  Ubuntu
> desktop
> + Upgrade doesn't complete because it says it cant  install  Ubuntu desktop
>
> ** Description changed:
>
> - The upgrade doesn't complete because it says it can't install Ubuntu
> desktop
> + The upgrade doesn't complete because it says it can't install
> ubuntu-desktop.
>   Upgrade from  12.04 to  12.10.
>
>   From VarLogDistupgradeAptlog.txt:
>
>   ERROR:root:failed to mark 'ubuntu-desktop' for install (E:Unable to
>   correct problems, you have held broken packages.)
>
>   There's lot of other dependency issues in that error log.
> -
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
>   Package: update-manager 1:0.156.14.11
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
>   Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic i686
>   ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13
>   Architecture: i386
>   Date: Sun Oct 21 21:30:34 2012
>   GsettingsChanges:
>    com.ubuntu.update-manager first-run false
>    com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1350817788
>    com.ubuntu.update-manager show-details true
>    com.ubuntu.update-manager window-height 579
>    com.ubuntu.update-manager window-width 1024
>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386
> (20111012)
>   PackageArchitecture: all
>   ProcEnviron:
>    LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
>    TERM=xterm
>    PATH=(custom, no user)
>    LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
>    SHELL=/bin/bash
>   SourcePackage: update-manager
>   UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-10-21 (0 days ago)
>   VarLogDistupgradeAptclonesystemstate.tar.gz: Error: [Errno 13]
> Permission denied: '/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-clone_system_state.tar.gz'
>   VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - Upgrade doesn't complete because it says it cant  install  Ubuntu desktop
> + Upgrade doesn't complete because it says it cant  install  ubuntu-desktop
>
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