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[Marcin Sągol <1428849@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If we try to install nvidia-prime when using systemd already we will end
up with:

sudo apt-get install nvidia-prime
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
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:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 nvidia-prime : Depends: upstart
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

** Changed in: nvidia-prime (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Confirmed

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Title:
  [systemd] Installing systemd-sysv removes nvidia-prime

Status in nvidia-prime package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  $ sudo apt-get install systemd-sysv
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  The following packages will be REMOVED:
    nvidia-prime upstart
  The following NEW packages will be installed:
    systemd-sysv
  0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  Need to get 8,512 B of archives.
  After this operation, 463 kB disk space will be freed.
  Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n

  Docs says if it removes anything else.. yell!
  (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SystemdForUpstartUsers#Permanent_switch)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
  Package: nvidia-prime 0.7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-7.7-generic 3.19.0
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-7-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.16.2-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Thu Mar  5 16:01:14 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-01-08 (55 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Alpha amd64 (20150108)
  SourcePackage: nvidia-prime
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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