Ubuntu Pro and Ubuntu 25.04

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Is there a reason why Ubuntu Pro would be installed in Ubuntu 25.04? I understood it only can be used in an LTS version.

dm@Kayleigh:~$ apt list --installed | grep ubuntu-pro

ubuntu-pro-client-l10n/plucky-updates,now 37.1ubuntu0~25.04 amd64 [installed,automatic]
ubuntu-pro-client/plucky-updates,now 37.1ubuntu0~25.04 amd64 [installed,automatic]

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Moved to Support and Help, since this is a valid support question.

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As a side note, you donā€™t need to use grep, because apt has a built-in search. Try this:

apt list --installed 'ubuntu-pro*'

To answer your question, I donā€™t think that itā€™s a problem having the executables installed. Itā€™s whether or not Pro is activated, which (I believe) it shouldnā€™t be on 25.04.

You can check. What does this command show?

pro status --all

Assuming that Pro isnā€™t activated, what happens if you try to activate it? (I would try myself, but I have only LTS installed.)

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I looked into it. pro status indicates the only available service for 25.04 is landscape, and the system will have to be upgraded to the next available LTS for coverage to continue. Thatā€™s how I understand the service agreement.

No plans to activate it. Donā€™t need landscape, and Iā€™m at the machine limit already.

Itā€™s interesting that running pro status on U 25.10, says ā€œno Ubuntu Pro services are available to this system.ā€ Yet the ubuntu pro packages are installed here too.

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You can only stay on 25.04 for 9 months max and will, due to the update strategy we enforce, eventually land on the LTS where pro is actually usable, it would be a massive work effort to provide different package lists for LTS vs non-LTS releases so the pro packages are there in any case even though they are not fully usable

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That is what I thought was the plan. I get it. Pro status says ā€˜landscapeā€™ is the only service that 25.04 Pro supports. Fine. But I have Ubuntu 25.10 also installed, and Pro status in that release says that no Pro support is available. Why would it not be the same limited support as 25.04? Just wondering about that.

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I really wouldnā€™t read much into it. Interim releases should be treated as experimental. As Pro isnā€™t supported, thereā€™s no point in worrying about what Pro does and doesnā€™t support in an interim release.

Only when you get to an LTS is there any point in even looking.

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