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I tried to update my system76 laptop from 22.04 to 24.04 using sudo do-release-upgrade d

The first try failed because postgresql-12 was on 'removal deny list'. So, I uninstalled postgresql-12. This may have affected some dependency issues...? But I ran the command again and the system proceeded with the upgrade. However, after it finished it was on the login screen but would not allow me to type. I did a hard reboot and was presented with a login shell. I logged in fine and all files appear to be intact.

I searched the forums and found this: How to fix broken 24.04.1 LTS upgrade which is missing necessary software?

I tried the remove, reinstall gdm3. No luck. The system prompted me to run this:

sudo dpkg --configure -a

The output was several lines of:

cp: warning: behavior of -n is non-portable and may change in future: use --update=none instead

Then:

Error were encountered while processing:
libtext-iconv-per1:amd64  
libtext-charwidth-per1:amd64  
libxml-parser-per1  
libunicode-utf8-per1  
libsub-identify-per1  
...  
libalgorithm-diff-xs-per1:amd64

These look connected to postgresql-12 dependencies.

How can I make corrections and get the GUI back?

karel
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Running the following fixed my issue:


exec sudo -i (to run all following as sudo)  
apt -f install  
apt dist-upgrade  
apt install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop  
dpkg --configure -a  
apt autoremove  
apt clean  
exit  
sudo reboot
joefred101
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