Public bug reported: The upgrade from 11.10 to 12.04 removed my Pidgin, and did not install empathy fully. So I ended up with no IM client after upgrading.
$ sudo apt-get install empathy [sudo] password for vadi: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libfarstream-0.1-0 libpurple0 libtelepathy-farstream2 telepathy-haze Suggested packages: empathy-call The following NEW packages will be installed: empathy libfarstream-0.1-0 libpurple0 libtelepathy-farstream2 telepathy-haze 0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. Need to get 3,620 kB of archives. After this operation, 11.0 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: update-manager 1:0.156.14 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Apr 27 06:37:46 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes GsettingsChanges: com.ubuntu.update-manager first-run false com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1335470245 com.ubuntu.update-manager show-details true com.ubuntu.update-manager window-height 765 com.ubuntu.update-manager window-width 600 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_AU:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_AU.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: update-manager UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-26 (0 days ago) ** Affects: update-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/989215 Title: Upgrade removed Pidgin and did not install Empathy fully To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+bug/989215/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs