I've been trying to install several extensions on my newly installed GRASS GIS 7.0 (installed following instructions here), amongst them "i.fusion.hpf". The extension doesn't seem to matter as the problem is the same for everyone of them. So when I run g.extension, and try to add an extension, I get the message
ERROR: Please install GRASS development package
On GRASS's website I read that this error meant I had to install the "grass-dev" package. I tried to do so but when I do it in the terminal, I get dependencies error messages... (in french, with translation right after)
~$ sudo apt install grass-dev
Reading package lists ... Done
Building the dependency tree
Reading status information ...
Some packages can not be installed. This can mean
that you asked for the impossible, or, if you use
the unstable distribution, that some packages have not yet
been created or did not come out of entering.
The following information will help you resolve the situation:
Following packages contain unsatisfied dependencies:
grass-dev: depends: libgdal-dev but won't be installed
depends: libpq-dev but won't be installed
E: impossible to fix problems, defective packages are in "keep as is" mode.
When I try to install the dependencies, I basically get the same answers refering to other dependencies. As I don't want' to be messing too much with those, I ask for your kind help :-)
[Edit] I tried Abel Tom's answer but this is what I get:
$ sudo apt installs libgdal-dev libpq-dev
Reading package lists ... Done
Building the dependency tree
Reading status information ...
Some packages can not be installed. This can mean
that you asked for the impossible, or, if you use
the unstable distribution, that some packages have not yet
been created or did not come out of entering.
The following information will help you resolve the situation:
The following packages of unmet dependencies:
libpq-dev: Depends: libpq5 (= 9.5.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.1) but 9.5.9-0ubuntu0.16.04 must be installed
E: Unable to fix problems, packages are in "keep as is" mode.
I tried sudo apt install libpq5 but it's already installed.... strange. And sudo apt install -f didn't work out as well....
I tried uninstalling and reinstalling GRASS GIS but nothing changed... except now QGIS is uninstalled (so I reinstalled it, seems to work fine). I tried changing ppa. I went from ppa:ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable to ppa:grass/grass-stable and then downgraded to GRASS 7.0. Problem was even worse as I couldn't even access the add-ons database! Now I'm back on 7.2.
Starting to think it's because the packages are in development, somehow? Could the developers be updating them and thus they are inaccessible? I don't really know how that works to be honest... Also on g.extension's manual/troubleshooting, it says:
Since extensions have to be compiled on Unix based systems (Linux, Mac OSX etc.) unless a Python extension is installed, a full compiler environment must be present on the user's computer.
Does that mean I can install some Python extension? I'm really not sure what this means.
Good day,
Nat Azodnem
I was able to successfully install grass-dev using
sudo apt install grass-dev, i guess i had all the dependencies installed already. I guess you're almost there, install the dependencies listed below, and you should be good to go.Here is a look at my
grass-devdependencies:So, I stumbled upon this thread and I managed to install grass-dev with
sudo aptitude install grass-dev.Not really sure what the aptitude command does but it worked! I had to go through multiple options as to which solution I wanted to apply for the missing dependencies, and I chose one that installed
libgdal-devandlibpq-dev.Libpq5and other packages were downgraded. For what purpose I dont' know, but hey it works now :-D