removal blacklist matches update-manager-kde which is not critical anymore

You seem to have two meta packages installed ubuntu and kubuntu:

2014-04-26 17:08:51,267 DEBUG Marking 'ubuntu-desktop' for upgrade
2014-04-26 17:08:51,605 DEBUG Marking 'kubuntu-desktop' for upgrade

This then leads to an error upgrading update-manager:

2014-04-26 17:08:52,152 DEBUG blacklist expr 'update-manager' matches 'update-manager-kde'
2014-04-26 17:08:52,153 DEBUG The package 'update-manager-kde' is marked for removal but it's in the removal blacklist

You might try removing update-manager-kde and see if that helps.

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Removing update-manager-kde worked for me.

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Thanks Brian, removing kde update manager works for me.

Hello, please guide the non-techies like myself .
I only upgrade from LTS to LTS, and via the pop-ups, not terminal commands.
However, I'm willing to give it a try but please give me the EXACT commands to type in order to:
1/ remove update-manager-kde
2/ provoke the upgrade to the new LTS
Thanks in advance

Francois, I am not a "techie" but I'll try to describe the procedure:

from the desktop you will have to start a terminal-session.
Start Applications menu -> Accessories -> Terminal. Or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Alt + T

then from the command-prompt type:

sudo apt-get remove update-manager-kde <ENTER>

type in your password when asked

When finished removing kde return to the desktop and start the scan for updates again. When the scanning is finished you'll see a big button for the availability of the 14.04 version. Click it and follow the procedure. In my case this process was halted before because of the kde-manager being installed. After kde was removed the upgrade worked fine. The upgrade-process might take some hours.

Thanks a lot, Gert, will give it a try!

On 26/08/2014 19:06, Gert van de Pol wrote:
> Francois, I am not a "techie" but I'll try to describe the procedure:
>
> from the desktop you will have to start a terminal-session.
> Start Applications menu -> Accessories -> Terminal. Or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Alt + T
>
> then from the command-prompt type:
>
> sudo apt-get remove update-manager-kde <ENTER>
>
> type in your password when asked
>
> When finished removing kde return to the desktop and start the scan for
> updates again. When the scanning is finished you'll see a big button
> for the availability of the 14.04 version. Click it and follow the
> procedure. In my case this process was halted before because of the
> kde-manager being installed. After kde was removed the upgrade worked
> fine. The upgrade-process might take some hours.
>

I tried this and it still did not work. I had major problems so I ended up nuking and paving. It was not as bad as it sounds and now everything seems to work OK.

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-release-upgrader - 1:14.10.9

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ubuntu-release-upgrader (1:14.10.9) utopic; urgency=low

  * DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeController.py:
    - fix crash when one of the sources.list entries gives a network
      error (LP: #1347834)
 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Mon, 20 Oct 2014 10:12:27 -0400

Hello a_big_friend, or anyone else affected,

Accepted ubuntu-release-upgrader into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/1:0.220.6 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, and change the tag from verification-needed to verification-done. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed. In either case, details of your testing will help us make a better decision.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance!

I tested the version of ubuntu-release-upgrader in trusty-proposed by using 'do-release-upgrade -p' on a Saucy system (with the appropriate apt-clone file) and the upgrade was successfully calculated.

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-release-upgrader - 1:0.220.6

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ubuntu-release-upgrader (1:0.220.6) trusty-proposed; urgency=medium

  * data/removal_blacklist.cfg: make update-manager blacklist entry more
    specific so it does not match update-manager-kde. (LP: #1313165)
 -- Brian Murray <email address hidden> Thu, 13 Nov 2014 14:10:13 -0800

The verification of the Stable Release Update for ubuntu-release-upgrader has completed successfully and the package has now been released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.