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Asked: 2015-06-08 14:27:46 +0800 CST

E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages [duplicate]

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I've been trying to install the CoreBird Twitter application and have had horrible luck with getting it to compile and then I came across a deb (from here) and tried to install it that way.

However, I got this error:

 corebird depends on libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.41.1); however:
  Package libglib2.0-0:amd64 is not configured yet.
 corebird depends on libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.13.7); however:
  Version of libgtk-3-0:amd64 on system is 3.10.8-0ubuntu1.4.

So, I tried to be smart and manually track down and install those libraries. I found the correct deb file, but when I ran dpkg -i for the libglib deb, I got this:

pkg: error processing package libglib2.0-0:amd64 (--install):
 package libglib2.0-0:amd64 2.42.0-2 cannot be configured because libglib2.0-0:i386 is at a different version (2.40.2-0ubuntu1)

and something else about not being able to configure it because libglib2.0-0:amd64 was the wrong version.

This is where I went wrong. I, without thinking, ran sudo apt-get remove libglib2.0-0:amd64.

So, obviously, it created a crap ton of dependency issues and told me to run sudo apt-get -f install. I did that, and now I get this:

sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... failed.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 corebird : Depends: libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.13.7) but 3.10.8-0ubuntu1.4 is installed
 libglib2.0-0 : Breaks: libglib2.0-0:i386 (!= 2.42.0-2) but 2.40.2-0ubuntu1 is installed
 libglib2.0-0:i386 : Breaks: libglib2.0-0 (!= 2.40.2-0ubuntu1) but 2.42.0-2 is installed
 libglib2.0-bin : Depends: libglib2.0-0 (= 2.40.2-0ubuntu1) but 2.42.0-2 is installed
 libglib2.0-dev : Depends: libglib2.0-0 (= 2.40.2-0ubuntu1) but 2.42.0-2 is installed
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.
E: Unable to correct dependencies

Apparently, the glib 2.42.0-2 package installed after I removed the previously installed 2.40.2, and is now causing all sorts of issues. Obviously, this is an issue.

Does anyone know how to fix this issue?

My /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log file is empty:

cat /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log
cat: /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log: No such file or directory

and the command dpkg --get-selections | grep hold returns nothing:

$ dpkg --get-selections | grep hold
$

EDIT

This question is not a duplicate. I can't install aptitude even if I wanted to (same error.)

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5 Answers

  1. I would try to do it like that:

    sudo apt-get remove corebird
sudo apt-get -f install

    Then make sure that everything is back to normal.

    After that, change repos in /etc/apt/sources.list to vivid and get the needed libraries through apt-get.

    Install corebird with dpkg.

    Change /etc/apt/sources.list back to trusty.

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  2. I know your are looking for a general issue, but I stumbled upon this for the corebird app. You now have an easier option on 16.04+ to use corebird:

    sudo snap install corebird
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  3. Playing around with the terminal, I randomly came out with a solution, it is as follows :-

    Install Synaptic Package Manager

    sudo apt-get install synaptic

    Now go to the Synaptic package manager through the start or by typing sudo synaptic on the terminal

    Next, search for the package with unmet dependencies.

    Mark the package for complete removal

    Click Apply at the top

    Synaptic will first resolve the unmet dependencies and then it will completely remove the package, you can install it again later.

    Just try it, it should work to the best of my knowledge. In my case, it did work.

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  4. I tried your corebird index

    praz@Lenovo-E10-30:~/Downloads$ sudo gdebi corebird_1.0-1_amd64.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree        
Reading state information... Done
Reading state information... Done

Modern, easy and fun Twitter client
 Twitter client, built using GTK+.
Do you want to install the software package? [y/N]:y
Selecting previously unselected package corebird.
(Reading database ... 273217 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack corebird_1.0-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking corebird (1.0-1) ...
Setting up corebird (1.0-1) ...
Processing triggers for menu (2.1.47ubuntu1.17.10.1) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3+17.10.20170810-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu3.17.10.1) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-1) ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:i386 (2.54.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.54.1-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...

    after installed I can open it

    my corebird have been opened

    I think try use gdebi, I hope this helps.

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  5. I am with same solution as https://askubuntu.com/a/634356/26246 answer here to remove corebird , and reverse libglib2.0-0 to same version for both architectures amd64 & i386 . Check using apt-cache for available versions.

    It is seems that corebird package was prepared for specific Ubuntu release (older one), for clean install better to go with snap , flatpak(Official) or chroot solutions. Also posible to rebuild Debian package as the source package was provided in the repository mentioned in the question.

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