Not as far as I know. Removing gnome-settings-daemon as follows (Mutter highlighted)
chw@chwhittington:~$ sudo apt --purge remove gnome-settings-daemon Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: fprintd gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0 gir1.2-adw-1 gir1.2-gck-2 gir1.2-gcr-4 gir1.2-gdesktopenums-3.0 gir1.2-gdm-1.0 gir1.2-geoclue-2.0 gir1.2-gnomebg-4.0 gir1.2-gnomebluetooth-3.0 gir1.2-gnomedesktop-4.0 gir1.2-graphene-1.0 gir1.2-gtk-4.0 gir1.2-gweather-4.0 gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-6.0 *gir1.2-mutter-14 * gir1.2-nm-1.0 gir1.2-nma4-1.0 gir1.2-rsvg-2.0 gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0 gir1.2-webkit-6.0 gnome-shell-common libfprint-2-2 libfprint-2-tod1 libgeoclue-2-0 libgjs0g libgnome-bg-4-2t64 libjavascriptcoregtk-6.0-1 libmozjs-115-0t64 libpam-fprintd libwebkitgtk-6.0-4 user-session-migration yaru-theme-gnome-shell Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. The following packages will be REMOVED gdm3* gnome-settings-daemon* gnome-shell* gnome-tweaks* ubuntu-session* 0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 5 to remove and 1 not to upgrade. After this operation, 10.7 MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y (Reading database… 419757 files and directories currently installed.) Removing gdm3 (46.2-1ubuntu1~24.04.9)… Removing ubuntu-session (46.0-1ubuntu4)… Removing gnome-shell (46.0-0ubuntu6~24.04.15)… Removing gnome-tweaks (46.0-2)… Removing gnome-settings-daemon (46.0-1ubuntu1.24.04.1)… Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.27-2build1)… Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2)… Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.36.0-1.1ubuntu3)… Processing triggers for man-db (2.12.0-4build2)… Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0t64:amd64 (2.80.0-6ubuntu3.9)… Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0t64:i386 (2.80.0-6ubuntu3.9)… Processing triggers for dbus (1.14.10-4ubuntu4.1)… Processing triggers for mailcap (3.70+nmu1ubuntu1.24.04.1)… Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.6+22.04.20220217-0ubuntu5)… Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index... (Reading database… 419495 files and directories currently installed.) Purging configuration files for gnome-settings-daemon (46.0-1ubuntu1.24.04.1)… Purging configuration files for gnome-shell (46.0-0ubuntu6~24.04.15)… Purging configuration files for gdm3 (46.2-1ubuntu1~24.04.9)… info: Removing crontab ... info: Removing user `gdm' ... Uupgrade now proceeding. I'll report how it goes. CW On Wed, Oct 7, 2026 at 11:00 AM Simon Johnsson <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the logs Charles! Just a question: do you have any other > packages or applications that require the `gnome-settings-daemon` > package? This is the culprit for the upgrade failing based on what I can > see. Removing that should allow you to proceed, as that should also > allow for APT to remove the mutter-common package. > > I'm looking at introducing a fix for this in the upgrader overall as it > seems that if some GNOME components are installed without any associated > metapackages, the libmutter-14-0 library does not transition correctly. > > All the best, > Simon > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a > duplicate bug report (2169557). > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2169286 > > Title: > noble→resolute: apt deadlocks does not upgrade libmutter-14-0 to 18 on > partial GNOME install > > Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu: > Triaged > > Bug description: > release can't be done. > It is interrupting with message > The following unofficial packages are currently installed: > go-mtpfs.................Installed from: unknown origin It is recommended > to install supported versions from the Ubuntu archive, and try the upgrade > again. Do you want to continue the upgrade anyways? > > If i do continue > I do get the message > error > kubuntu-desktop kann nicht installiert werden. > Es war nicht möglich ein erforderliches Paket zu > installieren. > Bitte melden Se diesen Fehler ...... > > Schließe ich diese Meldung kommt > > Es konnte nicht ermittelt werden welche Systemaktualisierungen > verfügbar sind. > Ein unlösbares Problem trat während der Berechnung der > Systemaktualisierung auf. > This may be caused by unofficial packages installed on your system. > please try to replacing the following packages with official versions > from Ubuntu archiv and try to upgrade again. go-mtpfs > > I have tried a deinstallation and new installation of this packages with > help of internet information. > But always the same result --- release is not working. > > On the end is a window with titel "Die Aktualisierung ist mit folgender > Fehlermeldung fehlgeschlagen" > Der Inhalt des Fensters ist leer und ohne Inhalt. > > ProblemType: Bug > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04 > Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:24.04.29 > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 7.0.0-38.38~24.04.4-generic 7.0.14 > Uname: Linux 7.0.0-38-generic x86_64 > ApportVersion: 2.28.3-0ubuntu0.1 > Architecture: amd64 > CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown > CrashDB: ubuntu > CrashReports: > 640:1000:110:2164671:2026-09-29 06:54:54.095307648 +0200:2026-09-29 > 06:54:50.596363437 +0200:/var/crash/_usr_bin_gs.1000.crash > 600:107:110:5:2026-09-29 06:54:50.623869497 +0200:2026-09-29 > 06:54:50.622362979 +0200:/var/crash/_usr_bin_gs.1000.uploaded > 640:1000:110:2208900:2026-09-29 22:56:34.859127641 +0200:2026-09-29 > 22:56:30.273112387 +0200:/var/crash/_opt_brave.com_brave_brave.1000.crash > 664:1000:110:0:2026-09-29 06:51:42.986397390 +0200:2026-09-29 > 06:51:42.986397390 +0200:/var/crash/_usr_bin_gs.1000.upload > CurrentDesktop: KDE > Date: Fri Oct 2 15:00:44 2026 > InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-10-20 (347 days ago) > InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 24.04.3 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64 > (20250805.1) > PackageArchitecture: all > SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader > UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2026-10-02 (0 days ago) > VarLogDistupgradeAptHistorylog: > Start-Date: 2026-10-02 14:58:28 > Requested-By: stephanh (1000) > End-Date: 2026-10-02 14:58:28 > VarLogDistupgradeApttermlog: > Log started: 2026-10-02 14:58:28 > Log ended: 2026-10-02 14:58:28 > VarLogDistupgradeTermlog: > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/2169286/+subscriptions > > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2169286 Title: noble→resolute: apt deadlocks does not upgrade libmutter-14-0 to 18 on partial GNOME install To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/2169286/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
