Unable to update or install anything because of curl conflict

Alexis Bloodwood

3/18/24, 2:16 PM

KDE Plasma Version: 5.24.7
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.92.0
Qt Version: 5.15.3
Kernel Version: 5.15.0-60-generic (64-bit)

I can't upgrade from Discover or from the terminal. I get the following error(s):

 libcurl4-openssl-dev : Depends: libcurl4 (= 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.7) but 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.8 is to be installed
                        Breaks: libcurl4-openssl-dev:i386 (!= 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.7) but 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.8 is to be installed
 libcurl4-openssl-dev:i386 : Breaks: libcurl4-openssl-dev (!= 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.8) but 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.7 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

I've been on the googles for an hour so far and haven't found anything that helps with the issue. How do I fix this so I can update my PC?

Edit: apt policy libcurl4 libcurl4-openssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev:i386 outputs

  Installed: 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.8
  Candidate: 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.8
  Version table:
 *** 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.8 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     7.81.0-1 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages
libcurl4-openssl-dev:
  Installed: 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.7
  Candidate: 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.8
  Version table:
     7.81.0-1ubuntu1.8 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main amd64 Packages
 *** 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.7 100
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     7.81.0-1 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages
libcurl4-openssl-dev:i386:
  Installed: 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.8
  Candidate: 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.8
  Version table:
 *** 7.81.0-1ubuntu1.8 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main i386 Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     7.81.0-1 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main i386 Packages

sudo apt --fix-broken install just returns

dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libcurl4-openssl-dev_7.81.0-1ubuntu1.8_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite shared '/usr/bin/curl-config', which is different from other instances of package libcurl4-openssl-dev:amd64
dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libcurl4-openssl-dev_7.81.0-1ubuntu1.8_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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nobody

3/18/24, 5:28 PM

`sudo apt -f install --reinstall libcurl4-openssl-dev=7.81.0-1ubuntu1.8` please.

Alexis Bloodwood

3/18/24, 5:36 PM

@nobody ended up with the same output as just `sudo apt -f install`

nobody

3/18/24, 5:37 PM

Okay first aid `sudo mv /usr/bin/curl-config $HOME` and try again please.

Alexis Bloodwood

3/18/24, 5:47 PM

@nobody that fixed it! Thank you!

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Saxtheowl

3/18/24, 2:22 PM

It look like a conflict, do the following, open a terminal then do sudo apt --fix-broken install , if this does not fix try sudo apt-get install libcurl4=7.81.0-1ubuntu1.7 libcurl4-openssl-dev=7.81.0-1ubuntu1.7 libcurl4-openssl-dev:i386=7.81.0-1ubuntu1.7 then do the classic sudo apt update then sudo apt upgrade

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