- Use aptitude command instead of apt-get command, it is an advanced package manager that can fix unmet dependencies error 2 for us . First, you need to install it:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install aptitude
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You can then use this to install the programs you want:
sudo aptitude install package-name
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- Remove reserved packages that cannot be upgraded, removed or changed2 . These packages can cause problems with unmet dependencies. You can list the reserved packages on the system:
sudo apt-get -u dist-upgrade
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I see you have some dependency issues installing libosmesa6-dev. It could be that some packages are locked on your system and cannot be upgraded or removed. You can try the following steps to resolve this issue:
- First, you can use the apt-get -f install command to try to fix broken dependencies in your system 1 2 . This command will automatically install or remove some packages to bring the system back to normal. You can enter the following commands:
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get -f install
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- If the above command does not solve the problem, you can use aptitude to install libosmesa6-dev 2 .
aptitude
is an advanced package manager that automatically handles dependency issues and provides a few solutions for you to choose from. You can enter the following command to installaptitude
:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install aptitude
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- You can then use aptitude to install libosmesa6-dev 2 . You can enter the following commands:
sudo aptitude install libosmesa6-dev
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aptitude
Some possible solutions are displayed and you are given the option to accept them. You can press Y or N to answer, or . to see more solutions. If you see a suitable solution, you can press Y to accept and continue with the installation. -
If the above methods are not successful, you can try to delete some locked packages 3 4 . These packages may prevent you from installing libosmesa6-dev or its dependencies. You can list locked packages with the following command:
sudo apt-mark showhold
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- You can then use the following commands to unlock and remove these packages:
sudo apt-mark unhold package-name
sudo apt-get remove package-name
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- Finally, you can try installing libosmesa6-dev again and check if there are still dependency issues.