[Solved] Impossible to install build-essentials on Mint 18.3 Cinnamon.

[Nettobr]

Hi everybody,

I'm having some issues with my wifi interface and trying to solve it I have to make new driver.

My actual problem is to install build-essentials. For now, let's forget wifi issues.

What happens:

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sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-generic
[sudo] password for vieira: 
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:
 build-essential : Depends: g++ (>= 4:5.2) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

I was thinking i made a mistake installing or uninstalling some software....

Then I decided to make a fresh install of 18.3 Cinnamon from scratch.

Just after the fresh install executing apt update and install build-essentials I get the same error above "you have held broken packages".

I'm quite sure there is a problem in 18.3 Cinnamon distro, or there is a new way to make modules that I dont know.

I tried "synaptic" to fix broken packages, but no success.

sudo apt-get clean && sudo apt-get update, but no success.

sudo dpkg --configure -a, but no success.

sudo apt-get install -f, but no success.


I have asked for help in Brazilian Mint Forum, and I have searched this forum too.

I'd appreciate some help.

NettoBr



Portuguese version of error:

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sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-generic
Lendo listas de pacotes... Pronto
Construindo árvore de dependências
Lendo informação de estado... Pronto
Alguns pacotes não puderam ser instalados. Isto pode significar que
você solicitou uma situação impossível ou, se você está usando a
distribuição instável, que alguns pacotes requeridos não foram
criados ainda ou foram retirados da "Incoming".
A informação a seguir pode ajudar a resolver a situação:

Os pacotes a seguir têm dependências desencontradas:
build-essential : Depende: g++ (>= 4:5.2) mas não será instalado
E: Impossível corrigir problemas, você manteve (hold) pacotes quebrados.

[karlchen]

Hello, NettoBr.

What does the same commandline display on your system. Here it is like this:

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$ apt-cache policy g++
g++:
  Installed: 4:5.3.1-1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 4:5.3.1-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 4:5.3.1-1ubuntu1 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

build-essentials are present, and this is Linux Mint 18.1 x64.

Regards,
Karl

[Mute Ant]

"The following packages have unmet dependencies:
build-essential : Depends: g++ (>= 4:5.2) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages."

Classic message, it should be in Elvish across the entrance to the Dungeon, but in English it amounts to...

"You have a repository attached which is incompatible with your installed OS. I can install build-essential from that repository, but not the dependencies. If I installed that particular build-essential, it would be broken, so I didn't install it."

[Nettobr]

Hi karlchen,

Thanks for quick answer.

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apt-cache policy g++
g++:
  Installed: (no one)
  Candidate: 4:5.3.1-1ubuntu1
  Version Table:
     4:5.3.1-1ubuntu1 500
        500 http://mirror.unesp.br/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages

Well, not installed, trying to Install:

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vieira@cinnamon-cce ~ $ sudo apt install g++
[sudo] password for vieira: 
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:

 g++ : Depende: g++-5 (>= 5.3.1-3~) will not be installed
The following packages have unmet dependencies:Lendo listas de pacotes... Ready

Thanks for now.

NettoBr

[Nettobr]

Ok People,

Repositories in Brazil were not updated correctly.

Problem solved.

Thanks MUTE ANT for the hint.

NettoBR