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How to fix: Python missing error, python3 (>= 3.7~) but 3.6.7-1~18.04 is to be installed [duplicate]

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 ...
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Uninstalled nautilus (default file manager) [duplicate]

Before the first coffee of the day sleepy me had the great idea to uninstall nautilus. sudo apt remove nautilus Now I am unable to reinstall it. philipp@X1C:~$ sudo apt install nautilus Reading ...
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Debian package with dependency to package in unconfigured PPA [duplicate]

I'm creating a debian package primary.deb (custom, home-made package for internal use) that depends on secondary.deb (hosted in external PPA). I'd like the users of primary.deb to not explicitly have ...
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How do I resolve `Depends: libuv1-snap-dev (>= 1.33.1.7~bionic) but it is not going to be installed` when buliding a package on Launchpad?

I've been using launchpad.net to build many of my projects for Xenial, Bionic, and now Focal. As I'm trying to complete my list of projects, one of the builds is giving me grief saying that a ...
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I can't install any program because "The following packages have unmet dependencies" even after trying things from other posts [duplicate]

When I try to install any program, I get this error. This is the latest example. bash pia-linux-2.6.1-05824.run I get The following packages have unmet dependencies: libfreecad-python3-0.18 : ...
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Launchpad builderror - Can't locate Debian/Debhelper/Sequence/python3.pm

I am getting the following error while trying to package a source file using a Launchpad recipe. However, I can successfully build the package in my machine (running 18.04) dh: error: unable to load ...
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Issues installing r-base (The following packages have unmet dependencies.) [closed]

I am trying to install R on Ubuntu. I'm relatively new and inexperienced so may have made a stupid mistake. I am running Ubuntu 19.04 I am installing R using apt: sudo apt-get install r-base When I ...
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"CXXABI_1.3.8 not found" Ubuntu 19.04

I'm having an issue with a dependencie of the MatLab runtime, it say that the libstdc++.so.6 need CXXABI_1.3.8. I've seen some post that propose ton install an old version of GCC by adding a PPA, the ...
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Unable to update Nvidia drivers on my Ubuntu 18.0.4 machine

i have recently switched from windows to Linux(Ubuntu 18.0.4) for good and am having some trouble updating my GUI. i have attempted various methods i have found online to no avail. i seem to be ...
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How to disable third party repositories in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS?

I want to install the latest updates of Ubuntu in my laptop, but while clicking on show updates... It is throwing a The package system is broken error, and it is asking me to disable the third party ...
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How to install packages when dependency is already installed from PPA?

I'm trying to install libgdal-dev: sudo apt-get install libgdal-dev But it has unmet dependencies: Depends: libpng-dev Which itself cannot be installed because: libpng12-dev : Depends: libpng12-0 (...
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Cannot install indicator-netspeed [closed]

When I try to install indicator-netspeed, the system says "The following packages have unmet dependencies". How to resolve it? The commands that I had used are:
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Cannot install RawTherapee from PPA on Ubuntu 18.04

Trying to install RawTherapee on Ubuntu 18.04 from a PPA. Running sudo apt-get install rawtherapee gives the following error: Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have ...
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Getting "E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages." [duplicate]

This question is not a dupe. I have received the answer I wanted here: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/411530/3285 Previously, I was getting this error when I merely tried to update. I believe this ...
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Is there a way to estimate if the addition of a ppa will be harmful? [duplicate]

I was told here, that it is insane to add repeatedly new ppa-s to the system, however sometimes it is the only way for me to install a program. Some programs have different ppa-s on launchpad.net to ...
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Dependency problem while removing oibaf and paulo dias repositories

I have added Oibaf and Paulo Diases repositories and upgraded my system which resulted in broken apt. I can't ppa-purge any of them. This happens whenever I try to use any apt command. apt --fix-...
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dpkg-shlibdeps: error: couldn't find library needed by .so while packaging a package dependent on my another package

I have packaged a library named base and uploaded to my ppa:satyagowtham-k-gmail/ferryfair.ppa. launchpad has successfully built the base package and I successfully installed it by sudo apt install ...
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How to install ClipGrab in Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) [duplicate]

The output which I get while installing ClipGrab using ppa is :- Reading package lists... Done W: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/clipgrab-team/ppa/ubuntu yakkety Release' does not have a ...
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Wine unmet dependencies error [closed]

The other day, I tried to install something, but I can't remember what it was at this point. Now I can no longer install anything because of the errors listed in these pictures. Someone, please, ...
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Launchpad Build Recipes: How do I correctly specify build dependencies for packages in the same PPA?

I am trying to build Code::Blocks IDE on Ubuntu 16.04 using this recipe: https://code.launchpad.net/~damien-moore/+recipe/codeblocks-16.01-release It needs libwxgtk2.8-dev, which isn't in the 16.04 ...
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How to install ubuntu-device-flash in Ubuntu 14.04?

I m trying to install ubuntu-device-flash on Ubuntu 14.04 (64 bits). I'm following the instructions here: Prepare your Ubuntu desktop I do: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-sdk-team/ppa sudo add-...
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How to replace ppa provided packages by ubuntu provided ones?

Recently I did a clean install of Ubuntu 14.04. Then I wanted to install latest vlc (2.2.1), and googled for it. Then I came across this ppa: ppa:mc3man/trusty-media and added it to my repositories ...
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Error installing deluge on ubuntu server (unmet dependencies)

I am getting the error that I have an unmet dependency "deluge-common" when I run the command: dprogers@homeserver:~$ sudo apt-get install deluged [sudo] password for dprogers: no talloc ...
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Unmet dependencies - cannot remove package libgbm1

In this case I have the libgbm1 being held, giving me message like: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages. Since I carefully read How do I resolve ...
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PPA package: Specify different dependencies for different Ubuntu versions

Let's say I have a PPA package that depends on the libtool executable to build. In Vivid, this executable is provided by the libtool-bin package. For earlier Ubuntu versions, it is provided by the ...
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grive-tools : Depends: libcurl4-openssl-dev but it is not going to be installed

recently I tried to install Grive Tools, following the instructions from this website Ubuntu Google Drive Client with Grive and Grive Tools. Everything worked perfect until I reached the point where I ...
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Cannot install gcc-4.8 because of unmet dependencies

I was trying to upgrade gcc-4.8.1 to gcc-4.8.2 using Synaptic from this PPA. The installation executed with no problem, but suddenly I had no gcc-4.8 at all. I was using gcc-4.7 and gcc-4.8 together, ...
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Adding KDE Backports PPA has caused unmet dependencies. How to fix?

I added ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports in the usual way, then performed a dist-upgrade. It needed to download over gigabyte of files, so I left if for the afternoon. Upon my return, I found that the system ...
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Launchpad: Missing build dependencies even though dependency should be contained in uploaded package

I want to backport gcc-4.7 from raring to precise. So I ran backportpackage and uploaded gcc-4.7 to my PPA. However, when Launchpad tries to build it it complains about a missing dependency: ...
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hgsubversion, mercurial (ppa): broken dependencies

I have installed mercurial from the PPA, then I wanted to install hgsubversion. That fails due to unmet dependencies. But they are met, as far as I understand. What am I missing here? jb@x60 ~ $ apt-...
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How to setup debian/control to force updating a library?

This question is aimed at PPA/packages maintainers. I have a PPA with 2 packages: mypackage (currently version 1~ppa1~quantal) mypackagelib (currently version 1~ppa1~quantal) Currently, the control ...
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Add dependency from ppa to package

I'am building simple dropdown terminal emulator application with PythonGI + GTK+3.0, I am using libkeybinder3.0 and gir1.2-keybinder3.0 packages for global keybinding these packages not available in ...
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Transmission dependencies are not in repository

I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 using Gnome3 through their ppa in launchpad. Went good until now. Today Ubuntu wanted to make some updates and I thought okay. But it didn't want to install all of them. ...
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How do I resolve unmet dependencies after adding a PPA?

Occasionally, when I'm installing stuff, I get an error like the following: Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the ...
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Trouble installing gnome-shell-extensions-user-theme, dependency/PPA conflict?

I installed gnome tweak tool, and am trying to set up custom themes and whatnot. So, trying to install gnome-shell-extensions-user-theme. me@computer:~$ sudo apt-get install gnome-shell-extensions-...
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How does one go about satisfying dependencies for a package in a ppa that rely on packages with binary components?

Simplest explanation of the question is, you can't put any binary components on ppa. How does one go about satisfying dependencies for a package they could put on ppa if they could satisfy ...
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I messed up my local package system, how can I repair it?

After removing a PPA recently my local package system got messed up. It now asks me to run sudo apt-get -f install to fix dependencies. Having waited a couple of days for the issue to resolve itself (...
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Packages have unmet dependencies, why? [closed]

I get this error while trying to install a package as follows: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:v-launchpad-jochen-sprickerhof-de/pcl sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install libpcl-all The first two don'...
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Does dist-upgrade require PPA software to be uninstalled first?

I'm still running Ubuntu 10.04 with quite a few PPAs. Amongst the PPAs there is Guiodic (Guido Iodice) Lucid quasi-rolling :) PPA which brings most recent versions of many programs to my desktop. My ...
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PPA build failed because of unmet dependencies of another package in the same PPA

I have 2 packages swami-2.0.0 and libinstpatch-1.0.0 in my PPA where the first one depends on the latter. The swami-2.0.0 control file contains libinstpatch-dev (>= 1.0.0) but it seems this is not ...
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How to upload package with dependencies to my PPA?

I made a package for my PPA and uploaded it. It built without any problems. Then I made another package that depended on the first and uploaded it. It failed because it couldn't find the files in the ...
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