pineflash installation issue Linux Mint 21.1 x86_64

[AdrianEdelen]

Issue: unable to properly install Pineflash with apt. `sudo apt install ./pineflash_*_amd64.deb Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done Note, selecting 'pineflash' instead of './pineflash_0.5.0_amd64.deb' 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: pineflash : Depends: polkit but it is not installable E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. `

to reproduce:

download deb package from releases attempt install via apt

expected behavior:

the package install properly

I believe that the issue may arrive from the polkit / policykit-1 naming discrepancy.

[AdrianEdelen]

I repackaged the deb file and changed the dependency to 'policykit-1' and it seems to be working.

[Spagett1]

Hey, yeah sorry I got the dep name wrong for debian based distros, I've fixed it in the master branch, it just hasn't made it to the releases yet

[Spagett1]

I should probably push a release for this

[ItchyBugReporter]

The polkit dependency is also an issue on Devuan 4.x "Chimaera", which is a derivative of Debian 11.x "Bullseye".

[Spagett1]

should be all fixed in the latest release