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libwacom-surface breaks Ubuntu 26.04 upgrade #2076
Description
The libwacom-surface caused do-release-upgrade to refuse to upgrade from Ubuntu 25.10 to 26.04. The release upgrade succeed after removing libwacom*surface*. After rebooting, I could not reinstall it:
Solving dependencies... Error!
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
Unsatisfied dependencies:
libwacom-surface : Depends: libwacom2-surface (= 2.17.0-1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libwacom9-surface (= 2.17.0-1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libwacom-bin-surface (= 2.17.0-1) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libwacom-common-surface (= 2.17.0-1) but it is not going to be installed
Error: Unable to satisfy dependencies. Reached two conflicting assignments:
1. libinput10:amd64 is selected for install because:
1. qtquickcontrols2-5-dev:amd64 is selected for install
2. qtquickcontrols2-5-dev:amd64 Depends libqt5quicktemplates2-5 (= 5.15.18+dfsg-1)
3. libqt5quicktemplates2-5:amd64 Depends libqt5gui5t64 (>= 5.15.18+dfsg~) | libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.15.18+dfsg~)
[selected libqt5gui5t64:amd64 for install]
4. libqt5gui5t64:amd64 Depends libinput10 (>= 0.15.0)
For context, additional choices that could not be installed:
* In libqt5quicktemplates2-5:amd64 Depends libqt5gui5t64 (>= 5.15.18+dfsg~) | libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.15.18+dfsg~):
- libqt5gui5-gles:amd64 is not selected for install because:
1-3. libqt5gui5t64:amd64 is selected for install as above
4. libqt5gui5t64:amd64 is available in version 5.15.18+dfsg-1ubuntu1
5. libqt5gui5-gles:amd64 Conflicts libqt5gui5
For context, additional choices that could not be installed:
* In libqt5quicktemplates2-5:amd64 Depends libqt5gui5t64 (>= 5.15.18+dfsg~) | libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.15.18+dfsg~):
- libqt5gui5-gles:amd64 is not selected for install as above
2. libinput10:amd64 Depends libwacom9 (>= 2.18.0)
but none of the choices are installable:
- libwacom9:amd64=2.18.0-1 is not selected for install because:
1. libwacom-surface:amd64=2.17.0-1 is selected for install
2. libwacom-surface:amd64 Depends libwacom9-surface (= 2.17.0-1)
3. libwacom9-surface:amd64 Conflicts libwacom9
Error: Solver timed out.
Ask Ubuntu question: https://askubuntu.com/q/1565969/1004020
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MrsWebDK commentedon Apr 24, 2026
Just to say, that I too am looking for an solution to this issue.
petedermott commentedon Apr 25, 2026
Just to add to this, on a fully fresh Ubuntu 26.04 install following the steps in the guide will actually uninstall the whole desktop environment.
danielzgtg commentedon Apr 25, 2026
I added a notice to https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/wiki/Installation-and-Setup/_compare/9cf389dacad58f3de57616a52597c9ca8874335f...4f6c1807b5c547ff8593d4914ca23efaac448373
maikthulhu commentedon Apr 25, 2026
Check linux-surface/libwacom-surface#22 (comment) for a potential workaround for Debian-based systems.
bobmlord1 commentedon Aug 28, 2026
Wanted to jump in on this. I apologize if this isn't the right format pretty new to github commenting.
Been running 26.04 LTS on a i5-7300U Book 2 for a few months now. Occasionally check if I can install libwacom-surface but still wants to nuke the desktop environment. I'm honesty fine without touch support as the other 26.04 upgrades are worth the loss particularly gaming performance, only used it occasionally when I undocked the system prior to installing 26.04 but would still rather have it than not.
danielzgtg commentedon Aug 30, 2026
libwacom-surface has nothing to do with touch support
bobmlord1 commentedon Aug 30, 2026
I apologize for the misunderstanding on my part it quit working after I removed it to finish the upgrade so between that and the name I guess i made that assumption incorrectly. I guess my issue is a different one then seeing as iptsd is installed thank you for the reply.
rikmills commentedon Sep 30, 2026
Hi. Corresponding Ubuntu bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/2168905
danielzgtg commentedon Sep 30, 2026
@rikmills The main LP bug is https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/2150245 . Maybe I should've linked it earlier
bagratte commentedon Oct 1, 2026
The status of this bug is 'Invalid'.
This is Won't Fix.
rikmills commentedon Oct 1, 2026
@bagratte Correct. The issue is packages in a 3rd party repository that are incompatible with upgrading 24.04 to 26.04. Either a user needs to remove the incompatible packages, or the 3rd party repo needs to make a fix. Either way it is not a bug in Ubuntu.