Unable to install any package using apt install | Linux Mint Community🍵 | Page 1

violet isle Jan 22, 2025, 5:48 AM

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Help would be appreciated as I'm quite new to linux

mystic falcon Jan 22, 2025, 5:49 AM

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install synaptic if havent got it

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then open it, go to edit menu. 'fix broken packages'

violet isle Jan 22, 2025, 5:54 AM

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mystic falcon install synaptic if havent got it

Do i just click "fix broken packages" it doesn't seem to do anything

mystic falcon Jan 22, 2025, 5:54 AM

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try clicking reload first

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then do it.

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and then search for what you need and install it there

violet isle Jan 22, 2025, 6:01 AM

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mystic falcon try clicking reload first

i tried fixing broken packages, doesn't seem to do anything :/

mystic falcon Jan 22, 2025, 6:13 AM

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go to Settings, i think general pref's

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first tab, tick the "show package details in main window"

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then highlight anki, and click the dependencies tab in middle main window area

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also go to Settings: Repositories. show a cropped pic of both a) the main repos b) other repositories (likely 2nd tab)

violet isle Jan 22, 2025, 6:22 AM

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are these what you need? I think I may have screwed up somewhere when installing a certain package from a specific source

violet isle Jan 22, 2025, 6:22 AM

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mystic falcon go to Settings, i think general pref's

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mystic falcon Jan 22, 2025, 6:25 AM

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yeah so it's possible the other PPAs and some package pulled in some dep that's on that list

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and it may be some other version idk too well how it all works

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u can crosscheck all the deps listed , just search in synaptic, and see if and what shows as installed already

violet isle Jan 22, 2025, 6:27 AM

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what i did was tried installing imagemagick version 7.1.1-43 if that also helps

mystic falcon Jan 22, 2025, 6:27 AM

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no idea

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you should try to boot live and in the live iso desktop, try install anki after apt update. if it works there, then u may need to like remove all those PPAs, and reload the cache/catalog

violet isle Jan 22, 2025, 6:34 AM

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mystic falcon you should try to boot live and in the live iso desktop, try install anki after ...

Sorry could you explain it a bit simpler?

mystic falcon Jan 22, 2025, 6:34 AM

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load up ur install disk, try to test install anki from that.

violet isle Jan 22, 2025, 6:35 AM

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oh okay and then if that works?

mystic falcon Jan 22, 2025, 6:35 AM

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then the 2nd sentence

violet isle Jan 22, 2025, 6:35 AM

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PPA's meaning all the additional repositories right?

mystic falcon Jan 22, 2025, 6:36 AM

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es

violet isle Jan 22, 2025, 6:36 AM

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also how would i reload the cache/catalog?

mystic falcon Jan 22, 2025, 6:36 AM

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just click reload in Sources

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afterwards, do a sudo apt autoremove && sudo apt clean

violet isle Jan 22, 2025, 6:37 AM

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oh just restore default settings?

mystic falcon Jan 22, 2025, 6:38 AM

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yeah it will prompt

violet isle Jan 22, 2025, 6:46 AM

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mystic falcon yeah it will prompt

wait do i just do all that from the live usb? Or do i need to go back to the main install

mystic falcon Jan 22, 2025, 6:46 AM

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main

violet isle Jan 22, 2025, 7:04 AM

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mystic falcon main

Okay anki seems to install from the usb just fine im still getting the unmet dependencies error after trying what you mentioned

mystic falcon Jan 22, 2025, 7:05 AM

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ah. well that's all I can offer. will have to wait on others

violet isle Jan 22, 2025, 7:05 AM

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oh okay thanks for the help

mystic falcon Jan 22, 2025, 7:05 AM

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or check software manager if there's a flatpak

violet isle Jan 22, 2025, 7:05 AM

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okay

mystic falcon Jan 22, 2025, 7:05 AM

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or anki official site for appimage

violet isle Jan 22, 2025, 7:06 AM

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Did i mess up the install or is this fixable?

mystic falcon Jan 22, 2025, 7:07 AM

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google this this i've seen used. dpkg -a or dpkg-configure -a

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something regarding 'fix broken install'

wide hound Jan 22, 2025, 11:19 AM

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Try running

sudo apt update
sudo apt -f install

to fix unmet dependencies

violet isle Jan 22, 2025, 8:35 PM

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wide hound Try running sudo apt update sudo apt -f install to fix unmet dependencies

not sure if i was supposed to do this but i added a source to my sources list and installed a specific dependency (which i don't remember) that seemed to fix the issue, the source i added was "deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security main universe" and that seemed to fix the issue

wide hound Jan 22, 2025, 8:40 PM

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violet isle not sure if i was supposed to do this but i added a source to my sources list an...

That should be one of default mint entry

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ noble-security main restricted universe multiverse

in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list

but if it works, then ok

violet isle Jan 22, 2025, 8:58 PM

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wide hound That should be one of default mint entry deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu...

the one i have on the official repository lists that came with the distro is the noble-security one not the focal

mystic falcon Jan 22, 2025, 9:02 PM

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old (focal) and new can and likely will clash

wide hound Jan 22, 2025, 9:03 PM

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Focal is from ubuntu 20.04 (mint 20) that might cause further problems down the line

violet isle Jan 22, 2025, 9:03 PM

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oh okay what do you guys think i should do?

mystic falcon Jan 22, 2025, 9:03 PM

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can it work with just noble security repo?

violet isle Jan 22, 2025, 9:04 PM

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oh okay should i remove the focal source

mystic falcon Jan 22, 2025, 9:04 PM

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try

violet isle Jan 22, 2025, 9:04 PM

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i can do that

wide hound Jan 22, 2025, 9:05 PM

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yeah, remove focal source and run

sudo apt update

see what it'll tell you

violet isle Jan 22, 2025, 9:07 PM

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okay i did that

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i should upgrade right

wide hound Jan 22, 2025, 9:07 PM

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you have some updates so run

sudo apt upgrade

violet isle Jan 22, 2025, 9:10 PM

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okay i did the upgrade this is what it lists now

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am i good?

wide hound Jan 22, 2025, 9:11 PM

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Yes, seems good

violet isle Jan 22, 2025, 9:12 PM

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okay i guess its solved thanks guys

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