** Description changed: I'm getting dependency conflict when trying to install vim in Ubuntu noble chroot. The dependency version it wants is older then what is available in repositories. Running apt-get install vim fails with error as shown below: (chroot) $ sudo apt-get install vim Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done 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: vim : Depends: vim-common (= 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu3) but 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu6 is to be installed Depends: vim-runtime (= 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu3) but 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu6 is to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. Apt-cache policy shows older version of vim available while in launchpad the newer version is shown, also the amd64 package version 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu6 is missing from repositories, no amd64 deb within repository pool directory of repository files (chroot) $ apt-cache policy vim vim: Installed: (none) Candidate: 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu3 Version table: 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu3 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/main amd64 Packages If vim was installed before, it would be uninstalled by upgrading vim- common and vim-runtime My sources list file: (chroot) $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble main restricted universe multiverse deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security main restricted universe multiverse deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports main restricted universe multiverse Contents of /etc/lsb-release (chroot) $ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=24.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=noble DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu Noble Numbat (development branch)" Host is Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, using schroot 1.6.10 to access Ubuntu Noble chroot + + Edit: This is caused by broken apt repositories for Ubuntu Noble caused by mitigation of the related cve not yet being completed. + Workaround: Add pinning override to apt config to make noble-updates be more prefered than noble by also allowing downgrade to older version that might be uploaded later than the compromised ones. + + To do that, add an apt pinning override, e.g. create a new file in + /etc/apt/preferences.d/, where pinning > 1000 means allowing downgrade + and installing vim and other packages correctly: + + Package: * + Pin: release a=noble-updates + Pin-Priority: 1002 + Package: * + Pin: release a=noble + Pin-Priority: 1001 + + Apt cache policy should return something like this: + + Package files: + 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status + release a=now + 1002 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages + release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble-updates,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=multiverse,b=amd64 + origin archive.ubuntu.com + 1002 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/universe amd64 Packages + release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble-updates,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=amd64 + origin archive.ubuntu.com + 1002 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/restricted amd64 Packages + release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble-updates,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted,b=amd64 + origin archive.ubuntu.com + 1002 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/main amd64 Packages + release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble-updates,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=amd64 + origin archive.ubuntu.com + 1001 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/multiverse amd64 Packages + release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=multiverse,b=amd64 + origin archive.ubuntu.com + 1001 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/universe amd64 Packages + release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=amd64 + origin archive.ubuntu.com + 1001 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/restricted amd64 Packages + release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted,b=amd64 + origin archive.ubuntu.com + 1001 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 Packages + release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=amd64 + origin archive.ubuntu.com + Pinned packages: + + Also don't forget to check for obsolete packages by running apt list + ?obsolete and remove them or install an alternative dependency if needed + by checking package depends by running apt-cache depends or something + alike.
** Description changed: I'm getting dependency conflict when trying to install vim in Ubuntu noble chroot. The dependency version it wants is older then what is available in repositories. Running apt-get install vim fails with error as shown below: (chroot) $ sudo apt-get install vim Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done 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: vim : Depends: vim-common (= 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu3) but 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu6 is to be installed Depends: vim-runtime (= 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu3) but 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu6 is to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. Apt-cache policy shows older version of vim available while in launchpad the newer version is shown, also the amd64 package version 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu6 is missing from repositories, no amd64 deb within repository pool directory of repository files (chroot) $ apt-cache policy vim vim: Installed: (none) Candidate: 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu3 Version table: 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu3 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/main amd64 Packages If vim was installed before, it would be uninstalled by upgrading vim- common and vim-runtime My sources list file: (chroot) $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble main restricted universe multiverse deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security main restricted universe multiverse deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports main restricted universe multiverse Contents of /etc/lsb-release (chroot) $ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=24.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=noble DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu Noble Numbat (development branch)" Host is Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, using schroot 1.6.10 to access Ubuntu Noble chroot - Edit: This is caused by broken apt repositories for Ubuntu Noble caused by mitigation of the related cve not yet being completed. + Edit: This is caused by broken apt repositories for Ubuntu Noble caused by mitigation of the related cve not yet being completed. Workaround: Add pinning override to apt config to make noble-updates be more prefered than noble by also allowing downgrade to older version that might be uploaded later than the compromised ones. To do that, add an apt pinning override, e.g. create a new file in /etc/apt/preferences.d/, where pinning > 1000 means allowing downgrade and installing vim and other packages correctly: Package: * Pin: release a=noble-updates Pin-Priority: 1002 Package: * Pin: release a=noble Pin-Priority: 1001 Apt cache policy should return something like this: Package files: - 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status - release a=now + 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status + release a=now 1002 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages - release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble-updates,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=multiverse,b=amd64 - origin archive.ubuntu.com + release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble-updates,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=multiverse,b=amd64 + origin archive.ubuntu.com 1002 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/universe amd64 Packages - release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble-updates,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=amd64 - origin archive.ubuntu.com + release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble-updates,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=amd64 + origin archive.ubuntu.com 1002 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/restricted amd64 Packages - release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble-updates,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted,b=amd64 - origin archive.ubuntu.com + release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble-updates,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted,b=amd64 + origin archive.ubuntu.com 1002 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/main amd64 Packages - release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble-updates,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=amd64 - origin archive.ubuntu.com + release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble-updates,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=amd64 + origin archive.ubuntu.com 1001 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/multiverse amd64 Packages - release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=multiverse,b=amd64 - origin archive.ubuntu.com + release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=multiverse,b=amd64 + origin archive.ubuntu.com 1001 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/universe amd64 Packages - release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=amd64 - origin archive.ubuntu.com + release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=amd64 + origin archive.ubuntu.com 1001 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/restricted amd64 Packages - release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted,b=amd64 - origin archive.ubuntu.com + release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted,b=amd64 + origin archive.ubuntu.com 1001 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 Packages - release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=amd64 - origin archive.ubuntu.com + release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=amd64 + origin archive.ubuntu.com Pinned packages: Also don't forget to check for obsolete packages by running apt list ?obsolete and remove them or install an alternative dependency if needed by checking package depends by running apt-cache depends or something alike. + + Finaly you can run apt upgrade and apt dist-upgrade then to "downgrade" + versions to ones provided by -updates archive. ** Changed in: vim (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid ** Converted to question: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/+question/710903 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to vim in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2059862 Title: Getting dependency error when trying to install vim on noble chroot Status in vim package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: I'm getting dependency conflict when trying to install vim in Ubuntu noble chroot. The dependency version it wants is older then what is available in repositories. Running apt-get install vim fails with error as shown below: (chroot) $ sudo apt-get install vim Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done 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: vim : Depends: vim-common (= 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu3) but 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu6 is to be installed Depends: vim-runtime (= 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu3) but 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu6 is to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. Apt-cache policy shows older version of vim available while in launchpad the newer version is shown, also the amd64 package version 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu6 is missing from repositories, no amd64 deb within repository pool directory of repository files (chroot) $ apt-cache policy vim vim: Installed: (none) Candidate: 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu3 Version table: 2:9.1.0016-1ubuntu3 500 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/main amd64 Packages If vim was installed before, it would be uninstalled by upgrading vim- common and vim-runtime My sources list file: (chroot) $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble main restricted universe multiverse deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-security main restricted universe multiverse deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports main restricted universe multiverse Contents of /etc/lsb-release (chroot) $ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=24.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=noble DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu Noble Numbat (development branch)" Host is Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, using schroot 1.6.10 to access Ubuntu Noble chroot Edit: This is caused by broken apt repositories for Ubuntu Noble caused by mitigation of the related cve not yet being completed. Workaround: Add pinning override to apt config to make noble-updates be more prefered than noble by also allowing downgrade to older version that might be uploaded later than the compromised ones. To do that, add an apt pinning override, e.g. create a new file in /etc/apt/preferences.d/, where pinning > 1000 means allowing downgrade and installing vim and other packages correctly: Package: * Pin: release a=noble-updates Pin-Priority: 1002 Package: * Pin: release a=noble Pin-Priority: 1001 Apt cache policy should return something like this: Package files: 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status release a=now 1002 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble-updates,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=multiverse,b=amd64 origin archive.ubuntu.com 1002 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/universe amd64 Packages release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble-updates,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=amd64 origin archive.ubuntu.com 1002 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/restricted amd64 Packages release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble-updates,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted,b=amd64 origin archive.ubuntu.com 1002 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates/main amd64 Packages release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble-updates,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=amd64 origin archive.ubuntu.com 1001 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/multiverse amd64 Packages release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=multiverse,b=amd64 origin archive.ubuntu.com 1001 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/universe amd64 Packages release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=universe,b=amd64 origin archive.ubuntu.com 1001 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/restricted amd64 Packages release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=restricted,b=amd64 origin archive.ubuntu.com 1001 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble/main amd64 Packages release v=24.04,o=Ubuntu,a=noble,n=noble,l=Ubuntu,c=main,b=amd64 origin archive.ubuntu.com Pinned packages: Also don't forget to check for obsolete packages by running apt list ?obsolete and remove them or install an alternative dependency if needed by checking package depends by running apt-cache depends or something alike. Finaly you can run apt upgrade and apt dist-upgrade then to "downgrade" versions to ones provided by -updates archive. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/+bug/2059862/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
