Attempting Cinnamon Install -- Unmet Dependencies

[marietta_greg]

Hello,

I'm trying to install Cinnamon 2.2, but get a cryptic message regarding unmet dependencies, that apparently will not be installed. I checked Synaptic for broken depencies, but none are listed.

Running:
Ubuntu 14.04 (have long used Mint, but could not get it to install on my new ASUS with new secured BIOS, had to go with Ubuntu.)
Mate 1.6.2

performed apt-get update and upgrade, but still no luck

greg@asus:~$ sudo apt-get install cinnamon
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:
cinnamon : Depends: gir1.2-muffin-3.0 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libcogl-pango12 (>= 1.7.4) but it is not installable
Depends: libcogl12 (>= 1.9.6) but it is not installable
Depends: libmuffin0 but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: gnome-themes-standard but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: nemo but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: cinnamon-screensaver but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: gir1.2-cjsdbus-1.0 but it is not installable
Recommends: cinnamon-bluetooth but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

[Monsta]

Post the output of:

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apt-cache policy cinnamon cinnamon-bluetooth cinnamon-screensaver libmuffin0

[marietta_greg]

apt-cache policy cinnamon cinnamon-bluetooth cinnamon-screensaver libmuffin0
cinnamon:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 2.0.14+petra
Version table:
2.0.14+petra 0
500 http://packages.linuxmint.com/ petra/main amd64 Packages
cinnamon-bluetooth:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 3.8.2+petra
Version table:
3.8.2+petra 0
500 http://packages.linuxmint.com/ petra/main amd64 Packages
cinnamon-screensaver:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 2.0.3+petra
Version table:
2.0.3+petra 0
500 http://packages.linuxmint.com/ petra/main amd64 Packages
libmuffin0:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 2.0.5+petra
Version table:
2.0.5+petra 0
500 http://packages.linuxmint.com/ petra/main amd64 Packages
1.7.3-1ubuntu1 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages

[PatH57]

Running:
Ubuntu 14.04 (have long used Mint, but could not get it to install on my new ASUS with new secured BIOS, had to go with Ubuntu.)
Mate 1.6.2

that's totally confusing, you say you have unbuntu 14.04 but you are running an older Mate then the one shipped with 14.04
Are you running the commands Monsta gave you on the new laptop or on another machine? because it seems you are on Mint Petra?

[marietta_greg]

I'm doing all of this only one laptop

Those versions are what show in my system monitor.

I'm running Ubuntu OS . . . but Mate desktop. Ubuntu doesn't come with Mate

Here's my sources.list. Funny, System Monitor shows 14.04, but my sources.list file shows 13.10 (??)

# sources.list
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 13.10 _Saucy Salamander_ - Release i386 (20131016.1)]/ saucy main restricted

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main restricted multiverse
# deb-src http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy main restricted
#...

deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty universe
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy universe
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates universe multiverse main restricted
# deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-updates universe

deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu trusty partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu trusty partner

#-----MINT REPOSITORIES-----



#-----MATE REPOSITORIES-----

deb http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/ubuntu raring main # disabled on upgrade to trusty

#Additional sources
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nilarimogard/webupd8/ubuntu trusty main # disabled on upgrade to trusty
# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/nilarimogard/webupd8/ubuntu trusty main # disabled on upgrade to trusty

[PatH57]

saucy is disabled # and the correct ones trusty are there.
try this tuto as it uses a ppa will all the dependencies already in
http://ubuntuportal.com/2014/05/how-to- ... 4-lts.html

[marietta_greg]

I used the latest recommendation at the bottom of http://askubuntu.com/questions/94201/ho ... on-desktop

Namely:

Or you can directly use linux mint repository. Just add to your software sources

deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ lisa main

and do

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linuxmint-keyring cinnamon cinnamon-session


Added repo to my sources.list, updated and installed, got the same error as before:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
cinnamon : Depends: gir1.2-muffin-3.0 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libcogl-pango12 (>= 1.7.4) but it is not installable
Depends: libcogl12 (>= 1.9.6) but it is not installable
Depends: libmuffin0 but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: gnome-themes-standard but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: nemo but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: cinnamon-screensaver but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: gir1.2-cjsdbus-1.0 but it is not installable
Recommends: cinnamon-bluetooth but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Whats with the "broken packages" ? Why don't I see those in Synaptic?

[jimallyn]

I think this is your problem:

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deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ lisa main

Mint Lisa is version 12, and the current version of Mint, equivalent to Ubuntu 14, is Mint 17 Qiana. You're trying to install something that's probably way too old for Ubuntu 14. Instead, you should probably follow the instructions that are specifically for Ubuntu 14:

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:lestcape/cinnamon
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cinnamon

Or this version, which is for Ubuntu 12 and 14:

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tsvetko.tsvetkov/cinnamon
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cinnamon

Try that and let us know if that goes any better.

[PatH57]

why would you install for Lisa based on ubuntu 11.10? no wonder it won't work.
Remove what you have added as repo (mint lisa) and use the link I provided.