apt borked after installing ubuntu desktop?

[Hifilo]

Windows Version

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.3086]

WSL Version

1.2.5.0

Are you using WSL 1 or WSL 2?

• WSL 2
• WSL 1

Kernel Version

5.15.90.1

Distro Version

Ubuntu 22.04

Other Software

No response

Repro Steps

apt install ubuntu-desktop

Expected Behavior

to still be able to use apt commands as normal after installing ubuntu-desktop

Actual Behavior

apt currently gives errors on updates

I can use ubuntu, but updating seems broken, & certain aliases like zshrc to launch .zshrc in code editor now give zsh: permission denied

I'm assuming it's because of running apt install ubuntu-desktop , but I'm not 100% sure. Maybe its a $PATH issue?

can this be fixed without a reinstall?

Failed to start apt-news.service: Transport endpoint is not connected See system logs and 'systemctl status apt-news.service' for details. 
Failed to start esm-cache.service: Transport endpoint is not connected See system logs and 'systemctl status esm-cache.service' for details. 
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease [110 kB] 
Hit:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease 
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease [119 kB] 
Hit:4 https://cli.github.com/packages stable InRelease 
Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease [108 kB] 
Hit:6 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/daniel-milde/gdu/ubuntu jammy InRelease 
Hit:8 https://ppa.launchpadcontent.net/neovim-ppa/stable/ubuntu jammy InRelease Hit:7 https://packagecloud.io/github/git-lfs/ubuntu jammy InRelease 

Fetched 337 kB in 1s (236 kB/s)  <-- hangs here

I've tried sudo dpkg --configure -a

Setting up xserver-xorg-input-all (1:7.7+23ubuntu2) ... 
Setting up whoopsie (0.2.77) ... 
Failed to preset unit: Transport endpoint is not connected /usr/bin/deb-systemd-helper: error: systemctl preset failed on whoopsie.path: No such file or directory Failed to reload daemon: Transport endpoint is not connected
[process exited with code 1 (0x00000001)]

Diagnostic Logs

No response

[OneBlue]

Thank you for reporting this @Hifilo. Is systemd enabled in your distribution ?

What's the output of cat /etc/wsl.conf ?

[Hifilo]

Thank you for reporting this @Hifilo. Is systemd enabled in your distribution ?

What's the output of cat /etc/wsl.conf?

I can't confirm for this issue because I backed up & reset, but I think I had it enabled.

It is currently disabled & I haven't enabled it yet on this install. I can see whether running apt install ubuntu-desktop causes the same problem on a fresh install if necessary.

[OneBlue]

Ok. Closing for now but feel free to reopen if the issue happens again.

[pwang2]

I do have the same error today after accidentally install ubuntu-desktop in apt. All apt commands will hang..

[pwang2]

a long clueless google leads me to a simple fix as below.

 sudo rm -rf /etc/acpi/events

[AlphaSierraHotel]

I found this by searching the error messages I was getting trying to update 22.04.

I ran 'sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop' command in a fresh new install of 18.04 yesterday and first noticed this behaviour in my 22.04 (default) distro today but that may be a coincidence. I checked my 22.04 dpkg.log and I had installed ubuntu-desktop on 22.04 in April of 2022. I haven't run the 22.04 distro for about 4 months but I know I've done updates periodically ever since the initial install - dpkg.log has 34 unique dates in it.

I don't have a problem with 18.04, just 22.04. Renaming the /etc/acpi/events folder did indeed allow me to perform the usual update procedures but I first had to kill the 'unattended-upgrade' process which seemed to have hung. Renaming the events folder back to the original name brings back the errors but allows the apt command to proceed. I'd be happy to provide additional input if needed. I do have systemd enabled.

C:\Users\allen>wsl --version
WSL version: 1.2.5.0
Kernel version: 5.15.90.1
WSLg version: 1.0.51
MSRDC version: 1.2.3770
Direct3D version: 1.608.2-61064218
DXCore version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp
Windows version: 10.0.22621.2134

[Yokinshita]

I have the same problem. I run "apt install ubuntu-desktop" but it failed. After that, every apt command will hang as well other commands like systemctl, reboot... I solved this probelm using the method from @pwang2 .
The cat /etc/wsl.conf outpus:

And the system details:
OS: Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS on Windows 10 x86_64
Kernel: 5.15.123.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
Shell: zsh 5.8.1

[1trapbox]

@OneBlue
Just discovered this problem.
The error occurred after installing docker (by Enable integration with my default WSL distro)
#10322 (comment)
sudo rm -rf /etc/acpi/events
This directory was not found by ubuntu24.04

WSL version: 2.1.0.0
WSL Kernel: 6.1.21.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2+
Ubuntu 24.04
Docker Engine: 24.0.7
Docker Desktop: 24.0.7

[maffinyep]

I reproduced the same issue while following the official documentation https://docs.docker.com/desktop/wsl/

WSL version: 2.1.0.0
Kernel version: 5.15.137.3-1
Windows version: 10.0.23619.1000
Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
Docker Engine: 24.0.7

[Omico]

a long clueless google leads me to a simple fix as below.

 sudo rm -rf /etc/acpi/events

Thanks, you saved my life! It works in my situation.

WSL version: 2.0.9.0
Kernel version: 5.15.133.1-1
WSLg version: 1.0.59
MSRDC version: 1.2.4677
Direct3D version: 1.611.1-81528511
DXCore version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp
Windows version: 10.0.22631.3085
Docker Desktop 4.27.1 (136059)

[wingkuitsoi]

a long clueless google leads me to a simple fix as below.

 sudo rm -rf /etc/acpi/events

This error has gone for me:

/usr/bin/deb-systemd-helper: error: systemctl preset failed on xxxxx: No such file or directory

WSL version: 2.0.9.0
Kernel version: 5.15.133.1-1
WSLg version: 1.0.59
MSRDC version: 1.2.4677
Direct3D version: 1.611.1-81528511
DXCore version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp
Windows version: 10.0.22631.3085

[Firsto]

same problem.

a long clueless google leads me to a simple fix as below.

 sudo rm -rf /etc/acpi/events

save my day.'

how it works?

[AstroJosePC]

same problem! I couldn't find a solution until I found the fix from @pwang2
This gave me a big scare.

Linux Distribution: Ubuntu-22.04
WSL version: 2.1.4.0
Kernel version: 5.15.146.1-2
WSLg version: 1.0.60
MSRDC version: 1.2.5105
Direct3D version: 1.611.1-81528511
DXCore version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp
Windows version: 10.0.22635.3286

[PelerYuan]

a long clueless google leads me to a simple fix as below.

 sudo rm -rf /etc/acpi/events

works pretty good on ubuntu22.04
WSL version: 2.1.5.0
Kernel version: 5.15.146.1-2
WSLg version: 1.0.60
MSRDC version: 1.2.5105
Direct3D version: 1.611.1-81528511
DXCore version: 10.0.25131.1002-220531-1700.rs-onecore-base2-hyp
Windows version: 10.0.22631.3296

[pwang2]

It is related to ACPI support. More details can be found here. #10059

It is suggested apt-mark hold the acpi related package before we run apt update. Still I found it is an unwise thing to install all the Bloatware from Ubuntu-desktop package to WSL.

sudo apt-mark hold acpid acpi-support

[Sherlock-feng]

a long clueless google leads me to a simple fix as below.

 sudo rm -rf /etc/acpi/events

resolve my problem
Setting up whoopsie (0.2.77) ...
Failed to preset unit: Transport endpoint is not connected
/usr/bin/deb-systemd-helper: error: systemctl preset failed on whoopsie.path: No such file or directory