Why the “Broken Packages” Hang is a Common Pain Point
When I run a fresh upgrade from Ubuntu 22.04 LTS to 24.04 LTS on a home server, the first thing that can bite me is the infamous “Broken Packages” dialog that stalls the upgrade process. It isn’t a bug in the installer; it’s the package manager trying to juggle a huge shift in dependencies between releases. The result is a long pause—sometimes hours—before the system finally moves on. For a server that should stay online, that pause is unacceptable.
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