WhitewaterFoundry/Pengwin

Unable to install a package due to perl package dependency error

gellenburg opened this issue · 5 comments

gellenburg commented

Describe the bug
I'm trying to install Webmin from the Webmin Debian apt repository. It's complaining about perlapi but perl is already installed.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. curl -o setup-repos.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/webmin/webmin/master/setup-repos.sh
  2. sudo sh setup-repos.sh
  3. sudo apt-get update
  4. sudo apt-get install webmin
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libauthen-pam-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.32.0
 libio-pty-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.32.0
 libnet-ssleay-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.32.0
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

gme@DESKTOP-TIEUOMF:~$ dpkg -l | grep perl-base
ii  perl-base                         5.36.0-7                          amd64        minimal Perl system
gme@DESKTOP-TIEUOMF:~$

Perl 5.36.0 is already installed.

Expected behavior
Webmin to install. It installs on Ubuntu.

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Additional context

Basic Troubleshooting Checklist

[X] I have searched Google for the error message.
[X] I have checked official WSL troubleshooting documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/troubleshooting#confirm-wsl-is-enabled.
[X] I have searched the official Microsoft WSL issues page: https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues.
[X] I have searched the Pengwin issues page: https://github.com/WhitewaterFoundry/Pengwin/issues.
[X] I have run Windows 10 updates and restarted.
[X] I have restarted WSL service: wsl.exe --terminate WLinux wsl.exe --shutdown.

What other troubleshooting have you attempted?

Might be related to #196 but that issue is 5 years old and there's no way I'm downgrading my system.

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Pengwin Version

Run grep "PENGWIN_VERSION" /etc/os-release in Pengwin.

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PENGWIN_VERSION="23.03.1"

WSL general info

Run wslsys in Pengwin.

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gme@DESKTOP-TIEUOMF:~$ wslsys
Release Install Date: Mon Mar  6 18:59:38 EST 2023
Branch: ni_release
Build: 22621
Full Build: 22621.1.amd64fre.ni_release.220506-1250
Display Scaling: 1.25
Locale (Windows): en_US
Theme (Windows): dark
Uptime (Windows): 0d 6h 24m
Version (WSL): 2
Uptime (WSL): 0d 3h 22m
Release: Pengwin
Kernel: Linux 5.15.90.1-microsoft-standard-WSL2
Packages: 563
IPv4 Address: 172.25.26.70
System Type (Windows): Desktop
SystemD Status: disabled
gme@DESKTOP-TIEUOMF:~$
crramirez commented
crramirez commented

Hello @gellenburg,

I tried to reproduce the error with a clean installation of Pengwin and it works. The perl-base included is:

~$ dpkg -l | grep perl-base
ii  perl-base                         5.32.1-4+deb11u2               amd64        minimal Perl system

Could you share your /etc/apt/sources.list file?

lionderful commented

me too. debian, perl-base 5.36.0-7

crramirez commented

Check of your /etc/apt/sources.list has the testing repo enabled and if it does, comment it. Then sudo apt uodate