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Failure to install QGIS - held broken packages

Asked by Josh Hatt

I previously had a working version of QGIS with OpenLayers plugin working. When I updated to the new version the OpenLayers plugin stopped working and I tried all manner of methods on the internet to get it to work. Eventually I gave up and used windows again waiting for the much anticipated release of QGIS 2. This has now come out but I cannot install a working version with OpenLayers plugin and at the moment it just stops at the error: "E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages."

Nothing seems to work to try and fix this. Any help appreciated.

Thanks,

Josh

The terminal log is:
joshua@toshiba-l300:~$ find /etc/apt -name '*.list' -exec bash -c 'echo -e "\n$1\n"; cat -n "$1"' _ '{}' \;

/etc/apt/sources_20131001-10:07:40/sources.list.d/fossfreedom-packagefixes-raring.list

     1 deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/fossfreedom/packagefixes/ubuntu raring main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/fossfreedom/packagefixes/ubuntu raring main

/etc/apt/sources_20131001-10:07:40/sources.list.d/ubuntugis-ubuntugis-unstable-raring.list

     1 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable/ubuntu raring main
     2 deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable/ubuntu raring main
     3 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable/ubuntu raring main

/etc/apt/sources_20131001-10:07:40/sources.list.d/http-ppa-raring.list

     1 deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/http/ppa/ubuntu raring main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/http/ppa/ubuntu raring main
     3 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/http/ppa/ubuntu raring main

/etc/apt/sources_20131001-10:07:40/sources.list.d/andreas-diesner-garminplugin-raring.list

     1 deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/andreas-diesner/garminplugin/ubuntu raring main

/etc/apt/sources_20131001-10:07:40/sources.list.d/google-talkplugin.list

     1 ### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
     2 # You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
     3 deb http://dl.google.com/linux/talkplugin/deb/ stable main

/etc/apt/sources_20131001-10:07:40/sources.list.d/google-earth.list

     1 ### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
     2 # You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
     3 deb http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main

/etc/apt/sources_20131001-10:07:40/sources.list.d/-ppa-raring.list

     1 deb http://ppa.launchpad.net//ppa/ubuntu raring main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net//ppa/ubuntu raring main

/etc/apt/sources_20131001-10:07:40/sources.list

     1 # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 13.04 _Raring Ringtail_ - Release i386 (20130424)]/ raring main restricted
     2 # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 13.04 _Raring Ringtail_ - Release i386 (20130424)]/ raring main restricted
     3
     4 # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
     5 # newer versions of the distribution.
     6 # deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring main restricted
     7 # deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring main restricted
     8
     9 ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
    10 ## distribution.
    11 ##deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-updates main restricted
    12 ##deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-updates main restricted
    13
    14 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    15 ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
    16 ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    17 ##deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring universe
    18 ##deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring universe
    19 ##deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-updates universe
    20 ##deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-updates universe
    21
    22 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    23 ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
    24 ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
    25 ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
    26 ## security team.
    27 ##deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring multiverse
    28 ##deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring multiverse
    29 ##deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-updates multiverse
    30 ##deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-updates multiverse
    31
    32 ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
    33 ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
    34 ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
    35 ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
    36 ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    37 ##deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    38 ##deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    39
    40 # deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security main restricted
    41 # deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security main restricted
    42 # deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security universe
    43 # deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security universe
    44 # deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security multiverse
    45 # deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security multiverse
    46
    47
    48 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
    49 ## 'partner' repository.
    50 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
    51 ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
    52 deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu raring partner
    53 deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu raring partner
    54
    55 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
    56 ## developers who want to ship their latest software.
    57 deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring main
    58 deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring main
    59
    60 # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
    61 # newer versions of the distribution.
    62
    63 ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
    64 ## distribution.
    65
    66 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    67 ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
    68 ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    69
    70 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    71 ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
    72 ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
    73 ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
    74 ## security team.
    75
    76 ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
    77 ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
    78 ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
    79 ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
    80 ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    81
    82 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
    83 deb http://www.openprinting.org/download/printdriver/debian/ lsb3.2 main
    84 ## developers who want to ship their latest software.
    85
    86 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring main universe restricted multiverse
    87 deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-security main universe multiverse restricted
    88 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-updates main universe multiverse restricted
    89 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-proposed main universe multiverse restricted
    90 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-backports main universe multiverse restricted
    91
    92 deb http://qgis.org/debian raring main
    93 deb-src http://qgis.org/debian raring main
    94

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/fossfreedom-packagefixes-raring.list

     1 deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/fossfreedom/packagefixes/ubuntu raring main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/fossfreedom/packagefixes/ubuntu raring main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntugis-ubuntugis-unstable-raring.list

     1 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable/ubuntu raring main
     2 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable/ubuntu raring main
     3 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable/ubuntu raring main
     4 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable/ubuntu raring main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/http-ppa-raring.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/http/ppa/ubuntu raring main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/http/ppa/ubuntu raring main
     3 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/http/ppa/ubuntu raring main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/andreas-diesner-garminplugin-raring.list

     1 deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/andreas-diesner/garminplugin/ubuntu raring main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-talkplugin.list

     1 ### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
     2 # You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
     3 deb http://dl.google.com/linux/talkplugin/deb/ stable main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth.list

     1 ### THIS FILE IS AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED ###
     2 # You may comment out this entry, but any other modifications may be lost.
     3 deb http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable main

/etc/apt/sources.list.d/-ppa-raring.list

     1 # deb http://ppa.launchpad.net//ppa/ubuntu raring main
     2 # deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net//ppa/ubuntu raring main

/etc/apt/sources.list

     1 # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 13.04 _Raring Ringtail_ - Release i386 (20130424)]/ raring main restricted
     2 # deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 13.04 _Raring Ringtail_ - Release i386 (20130424)]/ raring main restricted
     3
     4 # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
     5 # newer versions of the distribution.
     6 # deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring main restricted
     7 # deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring main restricted
     8
     9 ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
    10 ## distribution.
    11 ##deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-updates main restricted
    12 ##deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-updates main restricted
    13
    14 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    15 ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
    16 ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    17 ##deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring universe
    18 ##deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring universe
    19 ##deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-updates universe
    20 ##deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-updates universe
    21
    22 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    23 ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
    24 ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
    25 ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
    26 ## security team.
    27 ##deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring multiverse
    28 ##deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring multiverse
    29 ##deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-updates multiverse
    30 ##deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-updates multiverse
    31
    32 ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
    33 ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
    34 ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
    35 ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
    36 ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    37 ##deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    38 ##deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    39
    40 # deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security main restricted
    41 # deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security main restricted
    42 # deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security universe
    43 # deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security universe
    44 # deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security multiverse
    45 # deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-security multiverse
    46
    47
    48 ## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
    49 ## 'partner' repository.
    50 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
    51 ## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
    52 deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu raring partner
    53 deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu raring partner
    54
    55 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
    56 ## developers who want to ship their latest software.
    57 # deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring main
    58 # deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring main
    59
    60 # See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
    61 # newer versions of the distribution.
    62
    63 ## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
    64 ## distribution.
    65
    66 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    67 ## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
    68 ## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    69
    70 ## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
    71 ## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
    72 ## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
    73 ## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
    74 ## security team.
    75
    76 ## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
    77 ## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
    78 ## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
    79 ## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
    80 ## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
    81
    82 ## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
    83 deb http://www.openprinting.org/download/printdriver/debian/ lsb3.2 main
    84 ## developers who want to ship their latest software.
    85
    86 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring main universe restricted multiverse
    87 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring main multiverse universe restricted #Added by software-properties
    88 deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-security main universe multiverse restricted
    89 deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-security main universe multiverse restricted #Added by software-properties
    90 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-updates main universe multiverse restricted
    91 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-updates main universe multiverse restricted #Added by software-properties
    92 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-proposed main universe multiverse restricted
    93 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-proposed main universe multiverse restricted #Added by software-properties
    94 deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-backports main universe multiverse restricted
    95 deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring-backports main universe multiverse restricted #Added by software-properties
    96
    97 deb http://qgis.org/debian raring main
    98 deb-src http://qgis.org/debian raring main
    99
joshua@toshiba-l300:~$

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What is the output of:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get -f install

Thanks

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Josh Hatt (josh-rockstock) said : 		#2

Hi Actionparsnip

The sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get -f install ends with:

Fetched 526 kB in 23s (22,4 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
joshua@toshiba-l300:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.

Regards,

Josh

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Ok and the output of:

sudo apt-get upgrade

Thanks

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Josh Hatt (josh-rockstock) said : 		#4

joshua@toshiba-l300:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade
[sudo] password for joshua:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  libqgis-dev libqgis2.0.1
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

What is the output of:

apt-cache policy libqgis-dev libqgis2.0.1

Thanks

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Josh Hatt (josh-rockstock) said : 		#6

joshua@toshiba-l300:~$ apt-cache policy libqgis-dev libqgis2.0.1
libqgis-dev:
  Installed: 2.0.1-1~raring1
  Candidate: 2.0.1-2+raring1
  Version table:
     2.0.1-2+raring1 0
        500 http://qgis.org/debian/ raring/main i386 Packages
 *** 2.0.1-1~raring1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.7.4+1.7.5~20120320-1.1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/universe i386 Packages
libqgis2.0.1:
  Installed: 2.0.1-1~raring1
  Candidate: 2.0.1-2+raring1
  Version table:
     2.0.1-2+raring1 0
        500 http://qgis.org/debian/ raring/main i386 Packages
 *** 2.0.1-1~raring1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#7

Then your 3rd party needs contacting. I'm surprised it updates at all with all that 3rd party stuff you have.

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Josh Hatt (josh-rockstock) said : 		#8

Please can you elaborate I'm not too sure what you mean? If you mean I should disable or remove stuff please feel free to say.

Thanks,

Josh

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#9

The packages are held because their dependancies are not met. The guys at qgus have set a dependancy on a package hich your OS cannot satisfy.

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Josh Hatt (josh-rockstock) said : 		#10

Many Thanks

I thought I was just being useless. I'll try and send the thread through to them.

Regards,

Josh

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