Unable to install libgtk-3-dev with apt

[WayneYe]

Hi experts, I was unable to install libgtk-3-dev with apt:

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:
 libgtk-3-dev : Depends: libatk-bridge2.0-dev but it is not going to be installed
                Depends: libatk1.0-dev (>= 2.15.1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

By refering https://askubuntu.com/questions/899756/cant-install-npm-unable-to-correct-problems-you-have-held-broken-packages/978353#978353 I was able to install aptitude and successfully install it.

But i am wondering is there is way to install it with apt/apt-get instead of aptitude?

[tianon]

It would help to know which image tag you're using? (It sounds like you're probably trying to use Debian Testing/Unstable or Ubuntu Devel :see_no_evil:)

[WayneYe]

@tianon I was using this image: buildpack-deps:buster

[tianon]

Sorry, I can't seem to reproduce: :grimacing:

$ docker run -it --rm --pull=always buildpack-deps:buster
buster: Pulling from library/buildpack-deps
b03a94565ecb: Pull complete 
ae7bcede80b1: Pull complete 
37471fc83c2d: Pull complete 
0162432a49c0: Pull complete 
7ee8ddc463fd: Pull complete 
Digest: sha256:3485150b7bd19da1e2ddbf567ee47c5ebd1ed62d55a334ff363a718057d713c3
Status: Downloaded newer image for buildpack-deps:buster
root@99bad6f31520:/# apt update
Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster InRelease [122 kB]
Get:2 http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates InRelease [65.4 kB]
Get:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates InRelease [51.9 kB]
Get:4 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster/main amd64 Packages [7911 kB]
Get:5 http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates/main amd64 Packages [323 kB]
Get:6 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-updates/main amd64 Packages [8796 B]
Fetched 8482 kB in 1s (6913 kB/s)                         
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
9 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
root@99bad6f31520:/# apt install libgtk-3-dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  adwaita-icon-theme at-spi2-core dbus dbus-user-session
  dconf-gsettings-backend dconf-service dmsetup gir1.2-atk-1.0
  gir1.2-atspi-2.0 gir1.2-gtk-3.0 gir1.2-harfbuzz-0.0 gir1.2-pango-1.0
  glib-networking glib-networking-common glib-networking-services
  gsettings-desktop-schemas gtk-update-icon-cache libapparmor1 libargon2-1
  libatk-bridge2.0-0 libatk-bridge2.0-dev libatk1.0-0 libatk1.0-data
  libatk1.0-dev libatspi2.0-0 libatspi2.0-dev libavahi-client3
  libavahi-common-data libavahi-common3 libcolord2 libcryptsetup12 libcups2
  libdbus-1-3 libdbus-1-dev libdconf1 libdevmapper1.02.1 libdrm-amdgpu1
  libdrm-common libdrm-dev libdrm-intel1 libdrm-nouveau2 libdrm-radeon1
  libdrm2 libegl-mesa0 libegl1 libegl1-mesa-dev libepoxy-dev libepoxy0
  libfribidi-dev libgbm1 libgl1 libgl1-mesa-dev libgl1-mesa-dri libglapi-mesa
  libgles1 libgles2 libglvnd-core-dev libglvnd-dev libglvnd0 libglx-mesa0
  libglx0 libgraphite2-dev libgtk-3-0 libgtk-3-bin libgtk-3-common
  libharfbuzz-dev libharfbuzz-gobject0 libharfbuzz-icu0 libidn11 libip4tc0
  libjson-c3 libjson-glib-1.0-0 libjson-glib-1.0-common libkmod2 libllvm7
  libnss-systemd libopengl0 libpam-systemd libpango1.0-dev libpangoxft-1.0-0
  libpciaccess0 libproxy1v5 librest-0.7-0 libsensors-config libsensors5
  libsoup-gnome2.4-1 libsoup2.4-1 libwayland-bin libwayland-client0
  libwayland-cursor0 libwayland-dev libwayland-egl1 libwayland-server0
  libx11-xcb-dev libx11-xcb1 libxcb-dri2-0 libxcb-dri2-0-dev libxcb-dri3-0
  libxcb-dri3-dev libxcb-glx0 libxcb-glx0-dev libxcb-present-dev
  libxcb-present0 libxcb-randr0 libxcb-randr0-dev libxcb-shape0
  libxcb-shape0-dev libxcb-sync-dev libxcb-sync1 libxcb-xfixes0
  libxcb-xfixes0-dev libxcomposite-dev libxcomposite1 libxcursor-dev
  libxcursor1 libxdamage-dev libxdamage1 libxfixes-dev libxfixes3 libxft-dev
  libxft2 libxi-dev libxi6 libxinerama-dev libxinerama1 libxkbcommon-dev
  libxkbcommon0 libxrandr-dev libxrandr2 libxshmfence-dev libxshmfence1
  libxtst-dev libxtst6 libxxf86vm-dev libxxf86vm1 mesa-common-dev
  pango1.0-tools systemd systemd-sysv wayland-protocols x11proto-composite-dev
  x11proto-damage-dev x11proto-fixes-dev x11proto-input-dev x11proto-randr-dev
  x11proto-record-dev x11proto-xf86vidmode-dev x11proto-xinerama-dev xkb-data
Suggested packages:
  colord cups-common libgraphite2-utils gvfs libgtk-3-doc libpango1.0-doc
  pciutils lm-sensors libwayland-doc systemd-container policykit-1
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  adwaita-icon-theme at-spi2-core dbus dbus-user-session
  dconf-gsettings-backend dconf-service dmsetup gir1.2-atk-1.0
  gir1.2-atspi-2.0 gir1.2-gtk-3.0 gir1.2-harfbuzz-0.0 gir1.2-pango-1.0
  glib-networking glib-networking-common glib-networking-services
  gsettings-desktop-schemas gtk-update-icon-cache libapparmor1 libargon2-1
  libatk-bridge2.0-0 libatk-bridge2.0-dev libatk1.0-0 libatk1.0-data
  libatk1.0-dev libatspi2.0-0 libatspi2.0-dev libavahi-client3
  libavahi-common-data libavahi-common3 libcolord2 libcryptsetup12 libcups2
  libdbus-1-3 libdbus-1-dev libdconf1 libdevmapper1.02.1 libdrm-amdgpu1
  libdrm-common libdrm-dev libdrm-intel1 libdrm-nouveau2 libdrm-radeon1
  libdrm2 libegl-mesa0 libegl1 libegl1-mesa-dev libepoxy-dev libepoxy0
  libfribidi-dev libgbm1 libgl1 libgl1-mesa-dev libgl1-mesa-dri libglapi-mesa
  libgles1 libgles2 libglvnd-core-dev libglvnd-dev libglvnd0 libglx-mesa0
  libglx0 libgraphite2-dev libgtk-3-0 libgtk-3-bin libgtk-3-common
  libgtk-3-dev libharfbuzz-dev libharfbuzz-gobject0 libharfbuzz-icu0 libidn11
  libip4tc0 libjson-c3 libjson-glib-1.0-0 libjson-glib-1.0-common libkmod2
  libllvm7 libnss-systemd libopengl0 libpam-systemd libpango1.0-dev
  libpangoxft-1.0-0 libpciaccess0 libproxy1v5 librest-0.7-0 libsensors-config
  libsensors5 libsoup-gnome2.4-1 libsoup2.4-1 libwayland-bin
  libwayland-client0 libwayland-cursor0 libwayland-dev libwayland-egl1
  libwayland-server0 libx11-xcb-dev libx11-xcb1 libxcb-dri2-0
  libxcb-dri2-0-dev libxcb-dri3-0 libxcb-dri3-dev libxcb-glx0 libxcb-glx0-dev
  libxcb-present-dev libxcb-present0 libxcb-randr0 libxcb-randr0-dev
  libxcb-shape0 libxcb-shape0-dev libxcb-sync-dev libxcb-sync1 libxcb-xfixes0
  libxcb-xfixes0-dev libxcomposite-dev libxcomposite1 libxcursor-dev
  libxcursor1 libxdamage-dev libxdamage1 libxfixes-dev libxfixes3 libxft-dev
  libxft2 libxi-dev libxi6 libxinerama-dev libxinerama1 libxkbcommon-dev
  libxkbcommon0 libxrandr-dev libxrandr2 libxshmfence-dev libxshmfence1
  libxtst-dev libxtst6 libxxf86vm-dev libxxf86vm1 mesa-common-dev
  pango1.0-tools systemd systemd-sysv wayland-protocols x11proto-composite-dev
  x11proto-damage-dev x11proto-fixes-dev x11proto-input-dev x11proto-randr-dev
  x11proto-record-dev x11proto-xf86vidmode-dev x11proto-xinerama-dev xkb-data
0 upgraded, 150 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded.
Need to get 58.0 MB of archives.
After this operation, 352 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] 
Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster/main amd64 libapparmor1 amd64 2.13.2-10 [94.7 kB]
Get:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster/main amd64 libargon2-1 amd64 0~20171227-0.2 [19.6 kB]
Get:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster/main amd64 dmsetup amd64 2:1.02.155-3 [90.8 kB]
Get:4 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster/main amd64 libdevmapper1.02.1 amd64 2:1.02.155-3 [141 kB]
Get:5 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster/main amd64 libjson-c3 amd64 0.12.1+ds-2+deb10u1 [27.3 kB]
Get:6 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster/main amd64 libcryptsetup12 amd64 2:2.1.0-5+deb10u2 [193 kB]
...

[WayneYe]

@tianon Indeed! At the time i tried last week I wasn't able to install this lib, the command i ran was: docker run -it buildpack-deps:buster bash, just now i run it again seemed downloaded a newer version of it And I am able to install it now....

Let 's close it for now, if i reproduce this again will try reopining it.

Thank you!