With Ubuntu 13.04, I'm unable to install any parts of the LAMP stack due to broken packages. I've tried
sudo apt-get -f install php5
sudo apt-get --purge remove php5
sudo apt-get autoremove
as well as trying to install all the dependencies listed in all permutations of the order
sudo apt-get --fix-broken --ignore-hold install php5
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
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:
php5 : Depends: libapache2-mod-php5 (>= 5.4.9-4ubuntu2) but it is not going to be installed or
libapache2-mod-php5filter (>= 5.4.9-4ubuntu2) but it is not going to be installed or
php5-cgi (>= 5.4.9-4ubuntu2) but it is not going to be installed or
php5-fpm (>= 5.4.9-4ubuntu2) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
would love some insight, I think it has to do with distro upgrade
edit: some more output form apt
root@ascension:/home/kevin# dpkg --configure -a
root@ascension:/home/kevin# apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root@ascension:/home/kevin# apt-get install php5
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
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:
php5 : Depends: libapache2-mod-php5 (>= 5.4.9-4ubuntu2) but it is not going to be installed or
libapache2-mod-php5filter (>= 5.4.9-4ubuntu2) but it is not going to be installed or
php5-cgi (>= 5.4.9-4ubuntu2) but it is not going to be installed or
php5-fpm (>= 5.4.9-4ubuntu2) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
root@ascension:/home/kevin# apt-get remove php5-fpm
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package 'php5-fpm' is not installed, so not removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root@ascension:/home/kevin# apt-get remove php5-cgi
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package 'php5-cgi' is not installed, so not removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root@ascension:/home/kevin# apt-get remove libapache2-mod-php5filter
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package 'libapache2-mod-php5filter' is not installed, so not removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root@ascension:/home/kevin# apt-get install apache2
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
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:
apache2 : Depends: apache2-mpm-worker (= 2.2.22-6ubuntu5) but it is not going to be installed or
apache2-mpm-prefork (= 2.2.22-6ubuntu5) but it is not going to be installed or
apache2-mpm-event (= 2.2.22-6ubuntu5) but it is not going to be installed or
apache2-mpm-itk (= 2.2.22-6ubuntu5) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: apache2.2-common (= 2.2.22-6ubuntu5) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Edit, per @Braiam
apt-cache output:
php5:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 5.4.9-4ubuntu2
Version table:
5.4.9-4ubuntu2 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main amd64 Packages
libapache2-mod-php5:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 5.4.9-4ubuntu2
Version table:
5.4.9-4ubuntu2 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main amd64 Packages
php5-cgi:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 5.4.9-4ubuntu2
Version table:
5.4.9-4ubuntu2 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main amd64 Packages
php5-fpm:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 5.4.9-4ubuntu2
Version table:
5.4.9-4ubuntu2 0
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/universe amd64 Packages
cat of sources.list & /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.10 _Quantal Quetzal_ - Release amd64 (20121017.5)]/ .Trashes/501/dists/raring/main/binary-i386/
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.10 _Quantal Quetzal_ - Release amd64 (20121017.5)]/ .Trashes/501/dists/raring/restricted/binary-i386/
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.10 _Quantal Quetzal_ - Release amd64 (20121017.5)]/ quantal main restricted
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.10 _Quantal Quetzal_ - Release amd64 (20121017.5)]/.Trashes/501/ raring main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring main restricted
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring main restricted
## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
## 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://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring universe
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring 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://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring multiverse
deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring 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.
## 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 raring main
# deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring main
#spotify yo
# deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates universe main restricted multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-security universe main restricted multiverse
As you can see, all the entries are raring, and there doesn't seem to be any other issues. Fresh out of ideas.
apt-cache policy php5 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-cgi php5-fmpalso the output ofcat /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*.list. – Braiam Oct 15 '13 at 14:04