You have been subscribed to a public bug: After doing an update and rebooting the computer, I was no longer able to get the unity desktop. I had to revert to unity 2D. From the synaptic package manager, I tried reinstalling unity, but received dependancy errors. The error said that I needed unity_5.12+bzr2444ubuntu0+709, but unity_5.12+bzr2445ubuntu0+709 was installed. I also tried reinstalling ubuntu-desktop, but it's dependancy said I needed unity to install. Next, I tried downloading unity_5.12+bzr2444ubuntu0+709_amd64.deb. I insalled it by using sudo dpkg -i --force all unity_5.12+bzr2444ubuntu0+709_amd64.deb. This worked and the unity desktop came back. However, now I am unable to do any updates at all. When I run the update manager, it tells me I need a partial update, and then I recieve a message that says "An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade: The package 'unity' is marked for removal but it is in the removal blacklist".
This can be caused by: * Upgrading to a pre-release version of Ubuntu * Running the current pre-release version of Ubuntu * Unofficial software packages not provided by Ubuntu This is most likely a transient problem, please try again later. Any effort I make to fix any broken packages forces me to remove unity which I want to have functioning. I am runing Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit. Is ther any way to fix this problem short of doing a new installation? If I remove unity, I am forced to go back to the unity 2D desktop. Paul Hartzman [email protected]? ** Affects: unity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: bot-comment -- After update, Unity and Ubuntu Desktop are gone. Cannot reinsatll https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1030367 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity in Ubuntu. -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
