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Attempting to install GIT using apt-get and it's failing.

All of the web searches turn up different commands none seem to work.

Output of the install command

sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https ca-certificates git curl gnupg -y

Reading package lists... Done


Building dependency tree... Done


Reading state information... Done


curl is already the newest version (7.81.0-1ubuntu1.4).


gnupg is already the newest version (2.2.27-3ubuntu2.1).


gnupg set to manually installed.


ca-certificates is already the newest version (20211016).


ca-certificates set to manually installed.


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:


git : Depends: liberror-perl but it is not installable


E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Note this is running in VirtualBox but I don't believe that should impact the outcome?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

karel
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Ham C
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First try to enable the multiverse repo: there should be a Software & Updates app in your app menu that has a tab called Ubuntu Software. Open it, and check if the multiverse and restricted options are checked. It should prompt you for your password when you modify them. After you're done, close the window and do sudo bash -c 'dpkg --configure -a && apt update && apt upgrade'. And with that finished try and install git again, it should work.

Savchenko Dmitriy
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