# Problem upgrading from 22.04 to 24.04

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/problem-upgrading-from-22-04-to-24-04/7344>\
**Category:** Installation\
**Created:** [August 29, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/problem-upgrading-from-22-04-to-24-04/7344 "2024-08-29T20:12:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![jjdavis](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/jjdavis/32/4849_2.png) [@jjdavis](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/jjdavis)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 11:11pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/problem-upgrading-from-22-04-to-24-04/7344/21 "2024-10-15T23:11:50Z")

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Periodically I’ve tried the upgrade from 22.04 to 24.04 from the Software Updater app, and today it got further than usual, before failing with an error message that it couldn’t complete the upgrade. From a quick glance in the logs it looked like an issue updating the budgie-desktop pkg, though I didn’t dive in to it.

However, I noticed that the rollback wasn’t complete – it updated the apt sources to point to noble (24.04), so on a whim I tried running ‘apt update; apt upgrade’ in a terminal window and crossed my fingers.

It… kinda worked – I could reboot my laptop but there was some weirdness with fonts, and a big problem with the window manager: I couldn’t get it focus from say a terminal window to something else.

And trying to run apt update after the reboot ran into an apt dependency issue with one of the terminfo packages (libtinfo6, IIRC). I suppose with enough determination I _might_ have been able to sort out the breakage, but it didn’t seem worth the bother, and I had backups (both through timeshift and the backup app), so I went for a fresh 24.04 install. Which so far is working well.

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**Author:** ![JimTR](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/jimtr/32/3837_2.png) [@JimTR](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/JimTR)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 5:20am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/problem-upgrading-from-22-04-to-24-04/7344/22 "2024-10-26T05:20:28Z")

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Still have this problem the upgrade log shows this

```auto
2024-10-24 07:55:47,254 WARNING Can't mark 'ubuntu-budgie-desktop' for upgrade (E:Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.)
2024-10-24 07:55:47,555 ERROR Dist-upgrade failed: 'Broken packages after upgrade: ubuntu-budgie-desktop'

```

if I removed `ubuntu-budgie-desktop` package did the distribution upgrade, and if successful, reinstalled the `ubuntu-budgie-desktop` package is that likely to work ?

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**Author:** ![jlb](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/jlb/32/4919_2.png) [@jlb](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/jlb)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 8:58am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/problem-upgrading-from-22-04-to-24-04/7344/23 "2024-10-26T08:58:36Z")

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Hi @JimTR!

> [@JimTR](#):
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> If I removed `ubuntu-budgie-desktop` package did the distribution upgrade, and if successful, reinstalled the `ubuntu-budgie-desktop` package is that likely to work ?

In answer to your question, to make up for my dubious humour, I looked it up and found this:

> <https://askubuntu.com/questions/1428922/cant-mark-ubuntu-desktop-for-upgrade-while-trying-to-upgrade-to-lts-22-04>

Personally, I’d try it, even if the versions and distributions are different. 🤔

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**Author:** ![JimTR](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/jimtr/32/3837_2.png) [@JimTR](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/JimTR)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 5:57am UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/problem-upgrading-from-22-04-to-24-04/7344/24 "2024-10-27T05:57:34Z")

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> [@jlb](#):
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> Personally, I’d try it, even if the versions and distributions are differen

It did work, there was a little bit of messing around to do but I am on an upgraded machine now

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**Author:** ![jlb](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/jlb/32/4919_2.png) [@jlb](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/jlb)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 12:25pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/problem-upgrading-from-22-04-to-24-04/7344/25 "2024-10-27T12:25:30Z")

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Cool ! Happy for you. 🍻

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