Please try installing ubuntu-mate-core and then upgrading, from VarLogDistupgradeMainlog.txt:
2018-02-19 10:28:35,869 DEBUG none of the '['ubuntu-desktop', 'kubuntu-desktop', 'xubuntu-core', 'xubuntu-desktop', 'ubuntustudio-desktop', 'mythbuntu-desktop', 'kubuntu-netbook', 'lubuntu-core', 'lubuntu-desktop', 'ubuntu-gnome-desktop', 'ubuntu-mate-core', 'ubuntu-mate-cloudtop', 'ubuntu-mate-desktop', 'ubuntukylin-desktop']' meta-pkgs installed 2018-02-19 10:28:35,877 DEBUG guessing 'ubuntu-mate-core' as missing meta-pkg 2018-02-19 10:28:37,063 ERROR failed to mark 'ubuntu-mate-core' for install (E:Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.) ** Changed in: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1750404 Title: cant upgrade To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1750404/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs