** Description changed: + [Impact] + + On upgrade, if a user does not have a package listed in the + Distro.MetaPkgs section of DistUpgrade.cfg, they may be presented with + an error saying: + + Can't install '' + It was impossible to install a required package. Please report this as a bug using 'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal. + + This happens in particular with minimal desktop installations, because + ubuntu-desktop-minimal is not listed in Distro.MetaPkgs (this is likely + a historical oversight, and addressing this is out of scope here). + + It is important to note that: + + (1) This only presents on graphical upgrades; on non-graphical frontends, the error is logged and ignored + (2) When the error window is closed, the upgrade continues unaffected. + + Nonetheless, this error is confusing and alarming to users, and is + enough for some users to decide to cancel the upgrade. + + [Original Description] + 25.04 Upgrade error window says: Can't install '' It was impossible to install a required package. Please report this as a bug using 'ubuntu-bug ubuntu-release-upgrader-core' in a terminal. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.10 Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:24.10.14 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.11.0-25.25-generic 6.11.11 Uname: Linux 6.11.0-25-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.30.0-0ubuntu4.2 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CrashDB: ubuntu CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Tue May 13 18:09:46 2025 InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-04-28 (1111 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220419) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: - LANG=en_US.UTF-8 - PATH=(custom, no user) - SHELL=/bin/bash - TERM=xterm-256color - XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> + LANG=en_US.UTF-8 + PATH=(custom, no user) + SHELL=/bin/bash + TERM=xterm-256color + XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks. SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oracular on 2025-05-13 (0 days ago) VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:
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