UnsatisfiableError for conda uninstall libprotobuf

[za13]

I am using Ubuntu and tried to build Caffe and got a bunch of errors saying this file was generated by an older version of protoc

After doing some research into it, it seems many people resolved the problem by doing

conda uninstall libprotobuf

However, when I tried that, I get this:

    Collecting package metadata (repodata.json): done
Solving environment: \ 
Found conflicts! Looking for incompatible packages.
This can take several minutes.  Press CTRL-C to abort.
failed                                                                          

UnsatisfiableError: The following specifications were found to be incompatible with each other:

Package libstdcxx-ng conflicts for:
python=3.6 -> libstdcxx-ng[version='>=7.2.0|>=7.3.0']
Package libgcc-ng conflicts for:
python=3.6 -> libgcc-ng[version='>=7.2.0|>=7.3.0']
Package xz conflicts for:
python=3.6 -> xz[version='>=5.2.3,<6.0a0|>=5.2.4,<6.0a0|>=5.2.5,<6.0a0']
Package libffi conflicts for:
python=3.6 -> libffi[version='3.2.*|>=3.2.1,<3.3a0|>=3.3,<3.4.0a0']
Package zlib conflicts for:
python=3.6 -> zlib[version='>=1.2.11,<1.3.0a0']
Package ncurses conflicts for:
python=3.6 -> ncurses[version='6.0.*|>=6.0,<7.0a0|>=6.1,<7.0a0|>=6.2,<7.0a0']
Package tk conflicts for:
python=3.6 -> tk[version='8.6.*|>=8.6.7,<8.7.0a0|>=8.6.8,<8.7.0a0']
Package readline conflicts for:
python=3.6 -> readline[version='7.*|>=7.0,<8.0a0|>=8.0,<9.0a0']
Package pip conflicts for:
python=3.6 -> pip
Package sqlite conflicts for:
python=3.6 -> sqlite[version='>=3.20.1,<4.0a0|>=3.22.0,<4.0a0|>=3.23.1,<4.0a0|>=3.24.0,<4.0a0|>=3.25.2,<4.0a0|>=3.26.0,<4.0a0|>=3.29.0,<4.0a0|>=3.30.1,<4.0a0|>=3.31.1,<4.0a0']
Package openssl conflicts for:
python=3.6 -> openssl[version='1.0.*|1.0.*,>=1.0.2l,<1.0.3a|>=1.0.2m,<1.0.3a|>=1.0.2n,<1.0.3a|>=1.0.2o,<1.0.3a|>=1.0.2p,<1.0.3a|>=1.1.1a,<1.1.2a|>=1.1.1c,<1.1.2a|>=1.1.1d,<1.1.2a|>=1.1.1e,<1.1.2a|>=1.1.1g,<1.1.2a']
Package ld_impl_linux-64 conflicts for:
python=3.6 -> ld_impl_linux-64

I also tried

conda uninstall protobuf

and got:

Collecting package metadata (repodata.json): done
Solving environment: / 
Found conflicts! Looking for incompatible packages.
This can take several minutes.  Press CTRL-C to abort.
failed                                                                          

UnsatisfiableError: The following specifications were found to be incompatible with each other:

Package tk conflicts for:
python=3.6 -> tk[version='8.6.*|>=8.6.7,<8.7.0a0|>=8.6.8,<8.7.0a0']
Package zlib conflicts for:
python=3.6 -> zlib[version='>=1.2.11,<1.3.0a0']
Package openssl conflicts for:
python=3.6 -> openssl[version='1.0.*|1.0.*,>=1.0.2l,<1.0.3a|>=1.0.2m,<1.0.3a|>=1.0.2n,<1.0.3a|>=1.0.2o,<1.0.3a|>=1.0.2p,<1.0.3a|>=1.1.1a,<1.1.2a|>=1.1.1c,<1.1.2a|>=1.1.1d,<1.1.2a|>=1.1.1e,<1.1.2a|>=1.1.1g,<1.1.2a']
Package ncurses conflicts for:
python=3.6 -> ncurses[version='6.0.*|>=6.0,<7.0a0|>=6.1,<7.0a0|>=6.2,<7.0a0']
Package readline conflicts for:
python=3.6 -> readline[version='7.*|>=7.0,<8.0a0|>=8.0,<9.0a0']
Package pip conflicts for:
python=3.6 -> pip
Package libffi conflicts for:
python=3.6 -> libffi[version='3.2.*|>=3.2.1,<3.3a0|>=3.3,<3.4.0a0']
Package xz conflicts for:
python=3.6 -> xz[version='>=5.2.3,<6.0a0|>=5.2.4,<6.0a0|>=5.2.5,<6.0a0']
Package ld_impl_linux-64 conflicts for:
python=3.6 -> ld_impl_linux-64
Package libgcc-ng conflicts for:
python=3.6 -> libgcc-ng[version='>=7.2.0|>=7.3.0']
Package sqlite conflicts for:
python=3.6 -> sqlite[version='>=3.20.1,<4.0a0|>=3.22.0,<4.0a0|>=3.23.1,<4.0a0|>=3.24.0,<4.0a0|>=3.25.2,<4.0a0|>=3.26.0,<4.0a0|>=3.29.0,<4.0a0|>=3.30.1,<4.0a0|>=3.31.1,<4.0a0']
Package libstdcxx-ng conflicts for:
python=3.6 -> libstdcxx-ng[version='>=7.2.0|>=7.3.0']

when I type protoc --version, it says libprotoc 2.6.1

can anyone help?

[chenkangyang]

which protoc or where protoc to get the location of protoc. conda search protobuf or `conda search libprotobuf to find satisfied version in your conda channels.

It seems like you dont have protoc in the anaconda path, it makes conda uninstall failed.

Those Package tk conflicts means some of your conda pkgs conflicts with your python version Using conda update to update those pkgs. (emmm.. Maybe, Im not sure).

Also im confusing which protobuf version is suitable for caffe1.0 ..?