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Hi Im kinda new to Ubuntu. That said, I can usually run this on a clean install of ubunty 14.10

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git

And then git should be installed

But what I get is this

me@server1:~$ sudo apt-get install git
[sudo] password for me: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 git : Depends: liberror-perl but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: git-man (> 1:2.4.5) but it is not going to be installed
       Depends: git-man (< 1:2.4.5-.) but it is not going to be installed
 mariadb-client-5.5 : Breaks: mariadb-server-5.5 (< 5.5.44-1ubuntu0.14.10.1) but 5.5.39-2 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
me@server1:~$ git
The program 'git' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install git
me@server1:~$

it looks like apt-get does not install the dependencies automatically, and the git command just returs git is currently not installed. Running sudo apt-get -f install does not change anything

What am I doing wrong here? (Note: I dont want mariadb installed)

EDIT: After running sudo apt-get purge mariadb-client-5.5

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 mariadb-client : Depends: mariadb-client-5.5 (>= 5.5.39-2) but it is not going to be installed
 mariadb-server-5.5 : Depends: mariadb-client-5.5 (>= 5.5.39-2) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
Oldenborg
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  • I also tried sudo apt-get install git-core it does not work either. It just tells me that git-core depends on git – Oldenborg Jun 26 '15 at 12:04
  • try to install it via Synaptic, if you have it installed, it will probably make no difference. Or if git is from external PPA, do: sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get install -f and after that try to install git     – RiddleMeThis Jun 26 '15 at 12:04
  • I just tried your suggestion. I cant install synaptic.. I seem to run into the same problem.. it tells me that tere are missing dependencies – Oldenborg Jun 26 '15 at 12:07
  • look at this: http://askubuntu.com/questions/124017/how-do-i-restore-the-default-repositories because you have probably messed up your source list somehow – RiddleMeThis Jun 26 '15 at 12:09
  • I dot have a gui that I can use, and now I deleted my source list and cant get it back – Oldenborg Jun 26 '15 at 12:25
  • here you can generate source list http://repogen.simplylinux.ch/ – RiddleMeThis Jun 26 '15 at 12:28
  • Could you please add to your question the output of sudo apt-get purge mariadb-client-5.5 ? – Luís de Sousa Jun 26 '15 at 12:40
  • @LuísdeSousa done – Oldenborg Jun 26 '15 at 13:29

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This error is coming because, your apt-get dependency tree has reached an inconstant state, due to the installation of mariadb-client package which is of newer/older version than as as expected by mariadb-server.

Try uninstalling mariadb-client by

$ sudo apt-get purge mariadb-client-5.5

Then try to correct your dependency tree by

 $ sudo apt-get -f install

And then try installing git.

HungryFoolish
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  • I just tried this, when I run the first command I get the same dependency errors mariadb-client : Depends: mariadb-client-5.5 and mariadb-server-5.5 : Depends: mariadb-client-5.5

    After running the next command and trying to install git I get the samme response as before

     – Oldenborg Jun 26 '15 at 12:19
  • If there is "no data loss involved", try uninstalling the server package. by $sudo apt-get remove mariadb-server-5.5, and then try the $sudo apt-get -f install – HungryFoolish Jun 26 '15 at 12:30