"you have held broken package" While trying to install R
I know this question has already been asked, but all the answer posted weren't able to help solve my problem. I tried the following command on Ubuntu 14.04:
sudo apt-get install r-base-core
and I get:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
r-base-core : Depends: libtiff4 but it is not installable
Recommends: r-recommended but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: r-base-dev but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: r-doc-html but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
I have also tried it with aptitude:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
r-base-core : Depends: libtiff4 which is a virtual package.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Keep the following packages at their current version:
1) r-base-core [Not Installed]
2) r-base-dev [Not Installed]
3) r-cran-boot [Not Installed]
4) r-cran-class [Not Installed]
5) r-cran-cluster [Not Installed]
6) r-cran-codetools [Not Installed]
7) r-cran-foreign [Not Installed]
8) r-cran-kernsmooth [Not Installed]
9) r-cran-lattice [Not Installed]
10) r-cran-mass [Not Installed]
11) r-cran-matrix [Not Installed]
12) r-cran-mgcv [Not Installed]
13) r-cran-nlme [Not Installed]
14) r-cran-nnet [Not Installed]
15) r-cran-rpart [Not Installed]
16) r-cran-spatial [Not Installed]
17) r-cran-survival [Not Installed]
18) r-recommended [Not Installed]
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] y
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.
I then ran apt-get upgrade, update and other stuff described in this tutorial.
Here is the result of the command cat /etc/apt/sources.list:
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.10 _Quantal Quetzal_ - Release amd64 (20121017.5)]/ quantal main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty main restricted
deb-src http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty main restricted
## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty-updates main restricted
deb-src http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty-updates main restricted
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty universe
deb-src http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty universe
deb http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty-updates universe
deb-src http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty-updates universe
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty multiverse
deb-src http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty multiverse
deb http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty-updates multiverse
deb-src http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty-updates multiverse
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty-security main restricted
deb-src http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty-security main restricted
deb http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty-security universe
deb-src http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty-security universe
deb http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty-security multiverse
deb-src http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty-security multiverse
## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu quantal partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu quantal partner
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
## developers who want to ship their latest software.
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main
deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main
deb http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/linux/ubuntu precise/
And the result of the command
cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
is:
# deb http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu precise main # disabled on upgrade to saucy
# deb http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu precise main # disabled on upgrade to saucy
# deb http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu precise main # disabled on upgrade to saucy
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/grumbel/ppa/ubuntu saucy main # disabled on upgrade to saucy
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/grumbel/ppa/ubuntu raring main
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/grumbel/ppa/ubuntu saucy main # disabled on upgrade to saucy
# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/grumbel/ppa/ubuntu raring main
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/grumbel/ppa/ubuntu saucy main # disabled on upgrade to saucy
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/grumbel/ppa/ubuntu raring main
# This file makes sure that Opera Browser is kept up-to-date
# as part of regular system upgrades
deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable non-free #Opera Browser (final releases)
# The line above will make sure you get all final public releases.
# Uncomment the following line if you want to get alpha and beta
# releases, too.
# deb http://deb.opera.com/opera-beta/ stable non-free #Opera Browser (beta releases)
# This file makes sure that Opera Browser is kept up-to-date
# as part of regular system upgrades
deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable non-free #Opera Browser (final releases)
# The line above will make sure you get all final public releases.
# Uncomment the following line if you want to get alpha and beta
# releases, too.
# deb http://deb.opera.com/opera-beta/ stable non-free #Opera Browser (beta releases)
# This file makes sure that Opera Browser is kept up-to-date
# as part of regular system upgrades
deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable non-free #Opera Browser (final releases)
# The line above will make sure you get all final public releases.
# Uncomment the following line if you want to get alpha and beta
# releases, too.
# deb http://deb.opera.com/opera-beta/ stable non-free #Opera Browser (beta releases)
# deb http://deb.playonlinux.com/ natty main # disabled on upgrade to saucy
# deb http://deb.playonlinux.com/ natty main # disabled on upgrade to saucy
# deb http://deb.playonlinux.com/ natty main # disabled on upgrade to saucy
# deb http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ precise steam # disabled on upgrade to raring
# deb-src http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ precise steam # disabled on upgrade to raring
# deb http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ precise steam # disabled on upgrade to raring
# deb-src http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ precise steam # disabled on upgrade to raring
# deb http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ precise steam # disabled on upgrade to raring
# deb-src http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ precise steam # disabled on upgrade to raring
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu saucy main # disabled on upgrade to saucy
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu raring main
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu saucy main # disabled on upgrade to saucy
# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu raring main
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu saucy main # disabled on upgrade to saucy
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu raring main
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/vincent-c/nevernote/ubuntu saucy main # disabled on upgrade to saucy
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/vincent-c/nevernote/ubuntu raring main
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/vincent-c/nevernote/ubuntu saucy main # disabled on upgrade to saucy
# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/vincent-c/nevernote/ubuntu raring main
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/vincent-c/nevernote/ubuntu saucy main # disabled on upgrade to saucy
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/vincent-c/nevernote/ubuntu raring main
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/sublime-text-3/ubuntu saucy main # disabled on upgrade to saucy
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/sublime-text-3/ubuntu raring main
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/sublime-text-3/ubuntu saucy main # disabled on upgrade to saucy
# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/sublime-text-3/ubuntu raring main
# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/sublime-text-3/ubuntu saucy main # disabled on upgrade to saucy
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/sublime-text-3/ubuntu raring main
Solution 1:
Thanks a lot Wilf to answer your question. But someone else gave me the answer on the R mailing list, running the following commands :
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:marutter/rrutter
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install r-base r-base-dev
helped me solve my problem !
Solution 2:
Depends: libtiff4 but it is not installable
This issue appears to be due to the libtiff4 package not being available for Ubuntu 14.04
So a possible workaround would to download the version for Saucy, the last supported release, from here or here:
For i386:
wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/universe/t/tiff3/libtiff4_3.9.7-2ubuntu1_i386.deb
dpkg -i libtiff4_3.9.7-2ubuntu1_i386.deb
For amd64:
wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/universe/t/tiff3/libtiff4_3.9.7-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
dpkg -i libtiff4_3.9.7-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Then you might be able to install r-base-core - if this package is available in the default Ubuntu repos, you might want to file a bug report it not having the required dependencies.
Edit: Which version are you trying to install? The version here apparently depends on libtiff5 which is available...