[SOLVED] 8.4 to 9 upgrade error: You are attempting to remove the meta-package 'proxmox-ve'!

minecrafter

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getting this
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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
when updating
i do not have linux-image-amd64 installed
i have been following the guide on the wiki
this is the output of apt policy, not super well versed in apt but i don't see any imediate issues
Code:
root@pve-t430:~# apt policy
Package files:
 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     release a=now
 500 http://download.proxmox.com/debian/pve bookworm/pve-no-subscription amd64 Packages
     release o=Proxmox,a=stable,n=bookworm,l=Proxmox Debian Repository,c=pve-no-subscription,b=amd64
     origin download.proxmox.com
 500 http://download.proxmox.com/debian/ceph-squid trixie/no-subscription amd64 Packages
     release o=Proxmox,a=stable,n=trixie,l=Proxmox Ceph 19 Squid Debian Repository,c=no-subscription,b=amd64
     origin download.proxmox.com
 500 http://security.debian.org/debian-security trixie-security/contrib amd64 Packages
     release v=13,o=Debian,a=stable-security,n=trixie-security,l=Debian-Security,c=contrib,b=amd64
     origin security.debian.org
 500 http://security.debian.org/debian-security trixie-security/main amd64 Packages
     release v=13,o=Debian,a=stable-security,n=trixie-security,l=Debian-Security,c=main,b=amd64
     origin security.debian.org
 500 http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie-updates/main amd64 Packages
     release v=13-updates,o=Debian,a=stable-updates,n=trixie-updates,l=Debian,c=main,b=amd64
     origin deb.debian.org
 500 http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie/contrib amd64 Packages
     release v=13.7,o=Debian,a=stable,n=trixie,l=Debian,c=contrib,b=amd64
     origin deb.debian.org
 500 http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie/main amd64 Packages
     release v=13.7,o=Debian,a=stable,n=trixie,l=Debian,c=main,b=amd64
     origin deb.debian.org