I can also confirm that I have the same problem. I upgraded from kubuntu 9.04 before the upgrade I had kde as my main desktop and gnome installed as a secondary desktop environment. After the upgrade I don't have gnome so I tried to install it from repositories and have received the same errors.
-- Cannot install gnome meta package from 9.10 Kubuntu because of unmet dependency https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/460969 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs