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Alireza
Asked: 2014-06-01 07:35:44 +0800 CST

Cannot install Teamviewer_linux.deb package on linux 64bit

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I wanted to install teamviewer on linux 64-bit system.

What I did was to download teamviewer.deb file and install it as below: 

sudo dpkg -i install teamviewer.deb

Then I wanted to correct dependency problem so I issued the following command: 

sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libgcc1:i386 libasound2:i386 libfreetype6:i386 zlib1g:i386 libsm6:i386 libxdamage1:i386 libxext6:i386 libxfixes3:i386 libxrender1:i386 libxtst6:i386

I got the following error: 

E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.
E: Unable to correct dependencies

I then tried: 

sudo apt-get install -f

Again I got the following error: 

E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.
E: Unable to correct dependencies

Even I tried to install gdebi, but I got the above error again.

I emptied archives folder: 

sudo apt-get clean  
sudo apt-get update  
sudo apt-get upgrade

Again I have problem installing my deb package. Is there anything I could do now to solve this problem?

I've read the below article as well:

Installed Teamviewer using a 64-bits system, but I get a dependency error

EDIT:

I found libperl5.14:amd64 as a broken package. I used: 

sudo apt-get remove libperl5.14:amd64

I got the following message: 

E: Unable to locate package Broken

This is my whole apt.log file. I found a few more broken packages. I've done the same thing and got the same message.

EDIT 2:

I tried to install teamviewer_linux.deb via software center and I found repair button I clicked it and again I got the error below: 

This error could be caused by required additional software packages which are missing or not installable. Furthermore there could be a conflict between software packages which are not allowed to be installed at the same time.

even after package removal and installing it via software center I got the error below: 

Can not install 'libfreetype6:i386'

EDIT 3:

Can sources.list affect the process of installing deb packages? This is the only thing I'm suspicious of!

EDIT 4:

When after that I type sudo apt-get install -f I get this message: 

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree      
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 18 not upgraded

EDIT 5:
Output of sudo dpkg -i teamviewer_linux.deb:

dpkg: error processing package teamviewer (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
teamviewer
apt

3 Answers

  1. Try this

    dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update
wget http://www.teamviewer.com/download/teamviewer_linux.deb
sudo dpkg -i teamviewer_linux.deb
sudo apt-get install -f

    it is answered here: Installed Teamviewer using a 64-bits system, but I get a dependency error

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  2. Double click on the .deb file, teamviewer_linux.deb and wait to the Software Center opens. From there, you can install Teamviewer 9 without any problems.

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  3. Take a look at this link. It may help.

    Open the /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log log file in a text editor. Locate any "broken" packages and remove them with sudo apt-get remove <package>.

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