rooker2
October 31st, 2017, 06:48 PM
On a fresh install of Xubuntu 16.04.3 (xenial), I'm experiencing strange "unmet dependencies" on rather common packages.
Some packages require a very specific version that is superseeded in e.g. proposed-updates repositories.
Therefore some programs can't be installed, unless certain libraries are downgraded and forced to an older version.
Example 1: "libdpkg-perl":
The problem is that "libdpkg-perl" won't install because a minor-updated version is available, but a specific version (=main repository) is required:
dpkg-dev : Depends: libdpkg-perl (= 1.18.4ubuntu1) but 1.18.4ubuntu1.2 is to be installed
Recommends: build-essential but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: libalgorithm-merge-perl but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Example 2: "libgtk2.0-0":
The problem is that "libgtk2.0-0" won't install because a minor-updated version is available, but a specific version (=main repository) is required:
libgail18 : Depends: libgtk2.0-0 (= 2.24.30-1ubuntu1) but 2.24.30-1ubuntu1.16.04.1 is to be installed
What puzzles me is that I know issues like this when mixing default repositories, but I've had these problems before adding any non-standard apt-sources.
Any ideas?
Anyone else experiencing this?
Thanks in advance :)
Some packages require a very specific version that is superseeded in e.g. proposed-updates repositories.
Therefore some programs can't be installed, unless certain libraries are downgraded and forced to an older version.
Example 1: "libdpkg-perl":
The problem is that "libdpkg-perl" won't install because a minor-updated version is available, but a specific version (=main repository) is required:
dpkg-dev : Depends: libdpkg-perl (= 1.18.4ubuntu1) but 1.18.4ubuntu1.2 is to be installed
Recommends: build-essential but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: libalgorithm-merge-perl but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Example 2: "libgtk2.0-0":
The problem is that "libgtk2.0-0" won't install because a minor-updated version is available, but a specific version (=main repository) is required:
libgail18 : Depends: libgtk2.0-0 (= 2.24.30-1ubuntu1) but 2.24.30-1ubuntu1.16.04.1 is to be installed
What puzzles me is that I know issues like this when mixing default repositories, but I've had these problems before adding any non-standard apt-sources.
Any ideas?
Anyone else experiencing this?
Thanks in advance :)