[SOLVED] 7 to 8 upgrade failure "You are attempting to remove the meta-package proxmox-ve"

Halfman

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Hi,

I'm trying to upgrade my v7 install to the v8 version. I followed the upgrade guide but sadly I'm stuck on an issue when running dist-upgrade.
Apt tries to remove the package proxmox-ve, even though I tried to remove all packages related to linux-image-*.

What I did so far to try to fix this: run apt update then apt upgrade then restart the server. And try to install proxmox-ve manually. Issue remains the same.

Content of my sources files:
Code:
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib
/etc/apt/sources.list:
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib
/etc/apt/sources.list:
/etc/apt/sources.list:# security updates
/etc/apt/sources.list:deb http://security.debian.org bookworm-security main contrib
grep: /etc/apt/sources.list.d: Is a directory
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ceph.list:deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/ceph-pacific bookworm main
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/pve-enterprise.list:deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pve bookworm pve-no-subscription
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/pve-enterprise.list.dpkg-dist:deb https://enterprise.proxmox.com/debian/pve bookworm pve-enterprise

apt upgrade command:
Code:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  libldb2 libpython3-stdlib libsemanage-common libsmbclient libtalloc2 libtevent0
  libwbclient0 netdata nfs-common nodejs open-iscsi passwd python3 python3-apt
  python3-cffi-backend python3-distutils python3-ldb python3-lib2to3
  python3-markupsafe python3-minimal python3-protobuf python3-pycurl python3-talloc
  python3-yaml samba-common samba-libs smbclient uidmap
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 28 not upgraded.

dist upgrade command:
Code:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  ceph-mgr-modules-core dconf-gsettings-backend dconf-service glib-networking
  glib-networking-common glib-networking-services gsettings-desktop-schemas
  gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good
  gstreamer1.0-x libaa1 libaacs0 libass9 libavc1394-0 libavcodec59 libavfilter8
  libavformat59 libavutil57 libbdplus0 libbluray2 libbs2b0 libc-ares2
  libcairo-gobject2 libcdparanoia0 libcephfs2 libchromaprint1 libcjson1
  libcodec2-1.0 libdconf1 libdrm-amdgpu1 libdrm-nouveau2 libdrm-radeon1 libdv4
  libepoxy0 libflite1 libgbm1 libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin
  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-common libgfdb0 libgfortran5 libgl1 libgl1-mesa-dri
  libglapi-mesa libglusterfs-dev libglvnd0 libglx-mesa0 libglx0 libgme0 libgsm1
  libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 libgstreamer1.0-0 libgudev-1.0-0 libhwy1
  libiec61883-0 libjack-jackd2-0 libjaeger libjs-qrcodejs libjs-sencha-touch
  libjson-glib-1.0-0 libjson-glib-1.0-common libjxl0.7 liblapack3 liblcms2-2
  libleveldb1d liblilv-0-0 libllvm15 libmbedcrypto7 libmfx1 libmpdec3 libmysofa1
  libncurses6 libnode108 libnorm1 liboath0 libopenjp2-7 libopenmpt0 liborc-0.4-0
  libpgm-5.3-0 libplacebo208 libpocketsphinx3 libposix-strptime-perl libpostproc56
  libprotobuf23 libproxmox-backup-qemu0 libproxy1v5 libpve-cluster-api-perl
  libpython3.11 libpython3.9 libpython3.9-minimal libpython3.9-stdlib libraw1394-11
  librist4 librsvg2-2 librsvg2-common librubberband2 libsamplerate0
  libsensors-config libsensors5 libserd-0-0 libshine3 libshout3 libslirp0
  libsord-0-0 libsoup2.4-1 libsoup2.4-common libsoxr0 libspeex1 libsphinxbase3
  libspice-server1 libsqlite3-mod-ceph libsratom-0-0 libsrt1.5-gnutls
  libssh-gcrypt-4 libswresample4 libswscale6 libtag1v5 libtag1v5-vanilla libtheora0
  libtpms0 libtwolame0 libudfread0 liburing2 libv4l-0 libv4lconvert0
  libvdpau-va-gl1 libvdpau1 libvidstab1.1 libvirglrenderer1 libvisual-0.4-0
  libvorbisfile3 libvpx7 libvulkan1 libwavpack1 libwayland-server0 libwebpmux3
  libx264-164 libxcb-dri2-0 libxcb-glx0 libxcb-present0 libxcb-randr0 libxcb-sync1
  libxcb-xfixes0 libxdamage1 libxshmfence1 libxv1 libxvidcore4 libxxf86vm1 libz3-4
  libzimg2 libzmq5 libzvbi-common libzvbi0 mesa-vdpau-drivers mesa-vulkan-drivers
  node-acorn node-busboy node-cjs-module-lexer node-undici node-xtend nodejs
  nodejs-doc ocl-icd-libopencl1 pocketsphinx-en-us proxmox-archive-keyring
  proxmox-backup-client proxmox-backup-file-restore proxmox-backup-restore-image
  proxmox-default-kernel proxmox-kernel-helper proxmox-mail-forward
  proxmox-mini-journalreader proxmox-offline-mirror-docs
  proxmox-offline-mirror-helper proxmox-websocket-tunnel pve-lxc-syscalld
  python3-autocommand python3-bcrypt python3-bs4 python3-ceph-argparse
  python3-ceph-common python3-cheroot python3-cherrypy3 python3-dateutil
  python3-inflect python3-jaraco.classes python3-jaraco.collections
  python3-jaraco.context python3-jaraco.functools python3-jaraco.text python3-ldb
  python3-logutils python3-mako python3-markupsafe python3-more-itertools
  python3-paste python3-pastedeploy python3-pastedeploy-tpl python3-pecan
  python3-portend python3-simplegeneric python3-singledispatch python3-soupsieve
  python3-talloc python3-tempita python3-tempora python3-tz python3-waitress
  python3-webob python3-webtest python3-werkzeug python3-zc.lockfile python3.9
  python3.9-minimal qrencode sudo swtpm swtpm-libs swtpm-tools vdpau-driver-all
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  ceph ceph-base ceph-common ceph-mds ceph-mgr ceph-mon ceph-osd libnfsidmap2
  libnode72 libpve-guest-common-perl libpve-storage-perl libsemanage1
  netdata-plugins-nodejs proxmox-ve pve-container pve-ha-manager pve-manager
  pve-qemu-kvm python3-cephfs python3-rados python3-rbd python3-rgw qemu-server
  spiceterm
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libevent-core-2.1-7 libnfsidmap1 libnode108 libprotobuf32 libpython3.11
  libpython3.11-minimal libpython3.11-stdlib libsemanage2 libsepol2 libsubid4
  node-acorn node-busboy node-cjs-module-lexer node-undici node-xtend python3.11
  python3.11-minimal
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libldb2 libpython3-stdlib libsemanage-common libsmbclient libtalloc2 libtevent0
  libwbclient0 netdata nfs-common nodejs open-iscsi passwd python3 python3-apt
  python3-cffi-backend python3-distutils python3-ldb python3-lib2to3
  python3-markupsafe python3-minimal python3-protobuf python3-pycurl python3-talloc
  python3-yaml samba-common samba-libs smbclient uidmap
28 upgraded, 17 newly installed, 24 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/29.3 MB of archives.
After this operation, 550 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
W: (pve-apt-hook) !! WARNING !!
W: (pve-apt-hook) You are attempting to remove the meta-package 'proxmox-ve'!
W: (pve-apt-hook)
W: (pve-apt-hook) If you really want to permanently remove 'proxmox-ve' from your system, run the following command
W: (pve-apt-hook)       touch '/please-remove-proxmox-ve'
W: (pve-apt-hook) run apt purge proxmox-ve to remove the meta-package
W: (pve-apt-hook) and repeat your apt invocation.
W: (pve-apt-hook)
W: (pve-apt-hook) If you are unsure why 'proxmox-ve' would be removed, please verify
W: (pve-apt-hook)       - your APT repository settings
W: (pve-apt-hook)       - that you are using 'apt full-upgrade' to upgrade your system
E: Sub-process /usr/share/proxmox-ve/pve-apt-hook returned an error code (1)
E: Failure running script /usr/share/proxmox-ve/pve-apt-hook

pveversion -v
Code:
proxmox-ve: 8.0.2 (running kernel: 6.2.16-10-pve)
pve-manager: 8.0.4 (running version: 8.0.4/d258a813cfa6b390)
proxmox-kernel-helper: 8.0.3
pve-kernel-5.15: 7.4-6
proxmox-kernel-6.2.16-10-pve: 6.2.16-10
proxmox-kernel-6.2: 6.2.16-10
pve-kernel-5.15.116-1-pve: 5.15.116-1
pve-kernel-5.4.166-1-pve: 5.4.166-1
pve-kernel-4.15: 5.4-16
pve-kernel-4.15.18-27-pve: 4.15.18-55
pve-kernel-4.15.18-12-pve: 4.15.18-36
ceph: 16.2.13-pve1
ceph-fuse: 16.2.13-pve1
corosync: 3.1.7-pve3
criu: 3.17.1-2
glusterfs-client: 10.3-5
ifupdown: 0.8.41
ksm-control-daemon: 1.4-1
libjs-extjs: 7.0.0-4
libknet1: 1.25-pve1
libproxmox-acme-perl: 1.4.6
libproxmox-backup-qemu0: 1.4.0
libproxmox-rs-perl: 0.3.1
libpve-access-control: 8.0.5
libpve-apiclient-perl: 3.3.1
libpve-common-perl: 8.0.8
libpve-guest-common-perl: 5.0.4
libpve-http-server-perl: 5.0.4
libpve-rs-perl: 0.8.5
libpve-storage-perl: 8.0.2
libqb0: 1.0.5-1
libspice-server1: 0.15.1-1
lvm2: 2.03.16-2
lxc-pve: 5.0.2-4
lxcfs: 5.0.3-pve3
novnc-pve: 1.4.0-2
proxmox-backup-client: 3.0.2-1
proxmox-backup-file-restore: 3.0.2-1
proxmox-kernel-helper: 8.0.3
proxmox-mail-forward: 0.2.0
proxmox-mini-journalreader: 1.4.0
proxmox-offline-mirror-helper: 0.6.2
proxmox-widget-toolkit: 4.0.6
pve-cluster: 8.0.3
pve-container: 5.0.4
pve-docs: 8.0.4
pve-edk2-firmware: 3.20230228-4
pve-firewall: 5.0.3
pve-firmware: 3.7-1
pve-ha-manager: 4.0.2
pve-i18n: 3.0.5
pve-qemu-kvm: 8.0.2-5
pve-xtermjs: 4.16.0-3
qemu-server: 8.0.7
smartmontools: 7.3-pve1
spiceterm: 3.3.0
swtpm: 0.8.0+pve1
vncterm: 1.8.0
zfsutils-linux: 2.1.12-pve1

Thank you for your help
 
What I did so far to try to fix this: run apt update then apt upgrade then restart the server.

Never run only: apt upgrade on Proxmox products!: [1]

Code:
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ceph.list:deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian/ceph-pacific bookworm main

bookworm for Ceph Pacific does not exist. You should have upgraded Ceph to Quincy before the upgrade to PVE 8:
NOTE: At this point a hyper-converged Ceph cluster installed directly in Proxmox VE must run Ceph 17.2 Quincy, if not you need to upgrade Ceph first before upgrading to Proxmox VE 8 on Debian 12 Bookworm!
https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Upgrade_from_7_to_8#Update_the_Ceph_Package_Repository

Replace your existing Ceph repository with this: [2] (ceph-quincy bookworm no-subscription) one and run: apt update followed by: apt full-upgrade again.

If you then still encounter problems, please provide the current/recent full output in code-tags each of:
  • apt list --installed | grep linux-image
  • grep -r '' /etc/apt/sources.list*
  • apt update
  • apt full-upgrade

[1] https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/proxmox-ve-7-1-released.99847/post-463941
[2] https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Package_Repositories#_ceph_quincy_no_subscription_repository
 

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