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libpcre unmet dependencies

Aleksandar Pavić

10/11/23, 9:26 AM

I have exhausted all things that I found online trying to fix following on ubuntu 22.04

#apt install libpcre2-dev
  The following packages have unmet dependencies:
     libpcre2-dev : Depends: libpcre2-8-0 (= 10.39-3ubuntu0.1) but 10.40-1+ubuntu21.10.1+deb.sury.org+1 is to be installed
                    Depends: libpcre2-16-0 (= 10.39-3ubuntu0.1) but 10.40-1+ubuntu21.10.1+deb.sury.org+1 is to be installed
                    Depends: libpcre2-32-0 (= 10.39-3ubuntu0.1) but 10.40-1+ubuntu21.10.1+deb.sury.org+1 is to be installed
    E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Apparently problem is due to dist-upgrade issue from 21.10.

What I have tried so far:

apt upgrade
apt install -f libpcre2-dev
apt autoclean
apt --fix-broken install

Also here's the output of

apt-cache policy libpcre2-8-0
libpcre2-8-0:
  Installed: 10.40-1+ubuntu21.10.1+deb.sury.org+1
  Candidate: 10.40-1+ubuntu21.10.1+deb.sury.org+1
  Version table:
 *** 10.40-1+ubuntu21.10.1+deb.sury.org+1 100
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     10.39-3ubuntu0.1 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main amd64 Packages
     10.39-3build1 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages

Which I am not sure how to use...?

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ChanganAuto

10/11/23, 9:30 AM

Do you have the "universe" repository enabled? Did you add some 3rd party source (PPA)?

ChanganAuto

10/11/23, 9:47 AM

Stupid me for asking stupid questions ^^^ (at least one of them). OF COURSE you added a 3rd party source from https://deb.sury.org/ and the wrong one by the look of it (Debian DPA)...

Aleksandar Pavić

10/11/23, 10:29 AM

@ChanganAuto ok so what do I do to remove that wrong one? Remove it from where and add which one?

ChanganAuto

10/11/23, 10:37 AM

Remove it the same way you added it or at Software & Updates > other... You don't need to add any 3rd party repository but if you think you need then make sure to add the "Ubuntu PPA" mentioned in the website above.

Aleksandar Pavić

10/11/23, 10:58 AM

I have installed it, but still: https://gist.github.com/acosonic/bdfafd54189c7a4f0e319a2338324e90

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Ubuntu

Aleksandar Pavić

10/11/23, 4:20 PM

Eventually I was able to resolve this issue the following way:

Installed apptitude sudo apt install aptitude
Then aptitude install libpcre2-dev
Do not accept default option to keep existing, choose N
Accept solution to downgrade

The following actions will resolve these dependencies:

     Downgrade the following packages:                                                                                    
1)     libpcre2-16-0 [10.40-1+ubuntu21.10.1+deb.sury.org+1 (now) -> 10.39-3ubuntu0.1 (jammy-security, jammy-updates)]     
2)     libpcre2-16-0:i386 [10.40-1+ubuntu21.10.1+deb.sury.org+1 (now) -> 10.39-3ubuntu0.1 (jammy-security, jammy-updates)]
3)     libpcre2-32-0 [10.40-1+ubuntu21.10.1+deb.sury.org+1 (now) -> 10.39-3ubuntu0.1 (jammy-security, jammy-updates)]     
4)     libpcre2-8-0 [10.40-1+ubuntu21.10.1+deb.sury.org+1 (now) -> 10.39-3ubuntu0.1 (jammy-security, jammy-updates)]      
5)     libpcre2-8-0:i386 [10.40-1+ubuntu21.10.1+deb.sury.org+1 (now) -> 10.39-3ubuntu0.1 (jammy-security, jammy-updates)] 



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adrian7

6/17/24, 12:15 PM

Thanks this worked for me on wsl too. :)

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