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Here is the problem, today i started updating my ubuntu 16.04 laptop, to my surprise i got some packages that are marked as "Kept back", here are these packages 

compiz compiz-core compiz-gnome compiz-plugins-default libcompizconfig0  libdecoration0

After some googling i tried to run sudo apt-get dist-upgrade i got some info on the kept back packages, like how many are there, how much memory will they use, the standard stuff and after that, the surprise i got 

The following packages will be REMOVED:  ubuntu-desktop unity unity-tweak-tool

is this normal? i mean uninstall ubuntu-desktop unity ??? wont that uninstall my DE ???

Nikola
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You were more observant than me, as I just happily removed Unity using apt-get dist-upgrade! Sure enough it was gone after I rebooted, and apt-get install -f unity was also rejected. I had to install aptitude then aptitude install unity, which undid the damage caused by dist-upgrade.

dist-upgrade is still wanting to remove unity though.

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user795750
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  • I wasn't able to reinstall unity due to a missing dependency. – Organic Marble Feb 15 '18 at 23:33
  • To conclude, the aptitude solution to this problem which I promoted, has had no knock-on effects for me and now dist-upgrade has finally happily ran and updated without needing to remove anything. – user795750 Feb 17 '18 at 21:18
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I had the same problem. The following steps fixed it for me:

  1. Right-click on desktop and open a terminal
  2. Execute sudo aptitude install unity
  3. Answer the first question with "no"
  4. Then confirm the downgrade of packages
  5. After the operation finished, reboot with sudo reboot
Mike
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Hmm what ever was the problem is now resolved. Today i was able to upgrade with no issues.

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