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I am trying to run this command apt install sudo nano and getting this error

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:
 libncursesw6 : Depends: libtinfo6 (= 6.4-2ubuntu0.1) but 6.4+20230625-2 is to be installed

E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken package
muru
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Md Anas Raza
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  • What release are you using? One of the versions is from Ubuntu repositories for mantic (is that what you're using??) where as the other isn't, thus I'd work out what release you're using and if it's not mantic explore your package source for the other package as it does not match the current rule for mantic (which is libtinfo6 (= 6.4+20230625-2) and not what your message shows). Your issue could also be stale software lists; but firstly work out what you're running (and tell us so we can help you), then sudo apt update & scan output, no warnings/missing lines etc, then.. – guiverc Mar 29 '24 at 06:54
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    This looks strange... With any Ubuntu both sudo and nanoare normally installed from the very beginning (after setting up your Ubuntu), and then; normal apt use is: $ sudo apt install nano. So: what exactly are you trying to do? – Hannu Mar 29 '24 at 06:58

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