Openfoam Ubuntu 12.04 Unmet dependencies
 

Hi everyone,

I'm new to Ubuntu and I tried to install OpenFoam by following the steps on the website but I got this one error after the third step I can't fix about packages having unmet dependencies. I'll just go ahead and copy that part:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
openfoam211 : Depends: csh but it is not installable
Depends: libopenmpi1.3 but it is not installable
Depends: libptscotch-5.1 but it is not installable
Depends: libscotch-5.1 but it is not installable
Depends: libscotch-dev but it is not installable
Depends: libopenmpi-dev but it is not installable
Depends: openmpi-bin but it is not installable
Recommends: libptscotch-dev but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.


Thanks in advance!

Greetings Didac and welcome to the forum!

The error message is a bit vague... I'm guessing you manually downloaded the Deb packages?

If not, did you run:
The first command, did it give any error messages?

Best regards,
Bruno

Bruno, sorry for not specifying more,

In order to install OpenFoam I followed the steps on the following website:
http://www.openfoam.org/download/ubuntu.php

After the first two steps i got the following message on the terminal window:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ VERS=$(lsb_release -cs)
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo sh -c "echo deb http://www.openfoam.org/download/ubuntu $VERS main > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openfoam.list"
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1) dists/precise/main/binary-i386/ InRelease
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1) dists/precise/restricted/binary-i386/ InRelease
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1) precise InRelease
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1) dists/precise/main/binary-i386/ Release.gpg
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1) dists/precise/restricted/binary-i386/ Release.gpg
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1) dists/precise/main/binary-i386/ Release
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1) dists/precise/restricted/binary-i386/ Release
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1) dists/precise/main/binary-i386/ Packages/DiffIndex
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1) dists/precise/restricted/binary-i386/ Packages/DiffIndex
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1) dists/precise/main/binary-i386/ Translation-ca_ES
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1) dists/precise/main/binary-i386/ Translation-ca
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1) dists/precise/main/binary-i386/ Translation-en
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1) dists/precise/restricted/binary-i386/ Translation-ca_ES
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1) dists/precise/restricted/binary-i386/ Translation-ca
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1) dists/precise/restricted/binary-i386/ Translation-en
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1) precise/main TranslationIndex
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1) precise/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1) precise/main Translation-ca_ES
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1) precise/main Translation-ca
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1) precise/main Translation-en
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1) precise/restricted Translation-ca_ES
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1) precise/restricted Translation-ca
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1) precise/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://www.openfoam.org precise InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates InRelease
Ign http://www.openfoam.org precise Release.gpg
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security InRelease
Ign http://www.openfoam.org precise Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release [49,6 kB]
Ign http://www.openfoam.org precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release
Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release [49,6 kB]
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main amd64 Packages [177 kB]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted TranslationIndex
Get:6 http://www.openfoam.org precise/main amd64 Packages [1251 B]
Get:7 http://www.openfoam.org precise/main i386 Packages [1248 B]
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main amd64 Packages [401 kB]
Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted amd64 Packages [3969 B]
Get:10 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main i386 Packages [183 kB]
Ign http://www.openfoam.org precise/main Translation-ca_ES
Ign http://www.openfoam.org precise/main Translation-ca
Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted amd64 Packages [6755 B]
Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main i386 Packages [407 kB]
Ign http://www.openfoam.org precise/main Translation-en
Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted i386 Packages [6732 B]
Get:14 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main TranslationIndex [3564 B]
Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted TranslationIndex [2461 B]
Get:16 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-ca [10,6 kB]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en
Get:17 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Translation-ca [1467 B]
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Translation-en
Get:18 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Translation-ca [10,6 kB]
Get:19 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted i386 Packages [3968 B]
Get:20 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main TranslationIndex [73 B]
Get:21 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted TranslationIndex [71 B]
Get:22 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Translation-en [199 kB]
Get:23 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Translation-en [86,3 kB]
Get:24 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Translation-ca [1467 B]
Get:25 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Translation-en [1484 B]
Get:26 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Translation-en [978 B]
Fetched 1610 kB in 4s (372 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: Duplicate sources.list entry cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1)/ precise/main i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/Ubuntu%2012.04.1%20LTS%20%5fPrecise%20Pangolin%5f% 20-%20Release%20amd64%20(20120823.1)_dists_precise_ma in_binary-i386_Packages)
W: Duplicate sources.list entry cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1)/ precise/restricted i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/Ubuntu%2012.04.1%20LTS%20%5fPrecise%20Pangolin%5f% 20-%20Release%20amd64%20(20120823.1)_dists_precise_re stricted_binary-i386_Packages)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

I think I fixed the problem by going to software up to date, settings, other software and unchecking CDrom with Ubuntu 12.04 'Precise Pangolin'

Then I went ahead with the second step again and it worked fine:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1) precise InRelease
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1) precise/main TranslationIndex
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1) precise/restricted TranslationIndex
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1) precise/main Translation-ca_ES
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1) precise/main Translation-ca
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1) precise/main Translation-en
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1) precise/restricted Translation-ca_ES
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1) precise/restricted Translation-ca
Ign cdrom://Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release amd64 (20120823.1) precise/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://www.openfoam.org precise InRelease
Ign http://www.openfoam.org precise Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise InRelease
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates InRelease
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
Ign http://www.openfoam.org precise Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://www.openfoam.org precise/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://www.openfoam.org precise/main i386 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release
Ign http://www.openfoam.org precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release
Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security InRelease
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-ca
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Translation-ca
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Translation-ca
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/main Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main TranslationIndex
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted TranslationIndex
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Translation-ca
Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates/restricted Translation-en
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://www.openfoam.org precise/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://www.openfoam.org precise/main i386 Packages
Hit http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://www.openfoam.org precise/main Translation-ca_ES
Ign http://www.openfoam.org precise/main Translation-ca
Ign http://www.openfoam.org precise/main Translation-en
Reading package lists... Done

Finally i tried with the third step and got the following message:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install openfoam211
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:
openfoam211 : Depends: csh but it is not installable
Depends: libopenmpi1.3 but it is not installable
Depends: libptscotch-5.1 but it is not installable
Depends: libscotch-5.1 but it is not installable
Depends: libscotch-dev but it is not installable
Depends: libopenmpi-dev but it is not installable
Depends: openmpi-bin but it is not installable
Recommends: libptscotch-dev but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

Thanks again Bruno.

Hi Didac,

Mmm... apparently you disabled the universe repositories, which are needed for scotch and other packages. E.g.: http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/scotch
Best regards,
Bruno

Hello, I am experiencing a similar issue in installing OpenFoam where the following dependencies cannot be installed after a "sudo apt-get install openfoam220" (see below). I see from a number of posts that the universe repositories need to be enabled, which can be done by uncommenting lines in the /etc/apt/sources.list file. Not only is this file blank, but I am unable to modify the file (even if doing a w! in VI). Any ideas?

Thanks,
M.P.

Greetings M.P.,

If the file "/etc/apt/sources.list" is empty, then use the default one: https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/server...iguration.html

Best regards,
Bruno

Thank you for the response. I am unable to modify the file...VI returns "E505: "/etc/apt/sources.list" is read-only (add ! to override)" and if I were to force save (i.e., "w!"), VI returns "'/etc/apt/sources.list' E212: Can't open file for writing".

Any ideas?

Thanks.

Hi M.P.,

Try one of the following lines:
More about these commands:

• sudo - grants super-user powers for the application to be executed.
• nano - it's a terminal based text editor tha is a bit easier to use than vi.

For more information: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal

Best regards,
Bruno

Thank you Bruno for the response. I very much appreciate it.

Using the default sources.list file (that you suggested) and then doing a sudo apt-get update results in the following error:

W: GPG error: http://extras.ubuntu.com precise InRelease: File /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/extras.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_InRelease doesn't start with a clearsigned message
W: Failed to fetch gzip:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/extras.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_main_source _Sources Encountered a section with no Package: header

W: Failed to fetch gzip:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/extras.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_main_binary-amd64_Packages Encountered a section with no Package: header

W: Failed to fetch gzip:/var/lib/apt/lists/partial/extras.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_main_binary-i386_Packages Encountered a section with no Package: header

W: Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dist...ain/i18n/Index No Hash entry in Release file /var/lib/apt/lists/partial/extras.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise_main_i18n_I ndex

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.


Looking at a number of posts online, the common recommended solution is to remove the source list file and update, but this results in the same error. Another solution suggested by some online posts is to remove the links causing the errors in the source.lists file and then update. Commenting out the following lines from the sources.list file that you recommended:

## deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main
## deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main

Obviously, this does not result in an immediate error when updating apt. Then,

sudo apt-get install openfoam220

results in the following error:

Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Get:1 http://www.openfoam.org/download/ubuntu/ precise/main openfoam220 amd64 0-1 [96.5 MB]
Fetched 1,944 B in 0s (6,269 B/s)
Failed to fetch http://www.openfoam.org/download/ubu..._0-1_amd64.deb Size mismatch
E: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?

Then,

sudo apt-get install openfoam220 --fix-missing

results in the following error:

Failed to fetch http://www.openfoam.org/download/ubu..._0-1_amd64.deb Size mismatch
Unable to correct missing packages.
E: Aborting install.


Any ideas/advice would be much appreciated!

Thanks

...also, I noticed that the link for the binaries in the error message is for amd64, but I am using an intel64 machine. Maybe there is a mismatch there?

There are two types of Intel 64bit processors:

• x86_64, which basically amd64: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64
• IA64, which is a special 64bit processor that is mostly incompatible with x86: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itanium

You can confirm this by running:

As for the other problem, try the following command:
Hit Ctrl+C when you get tired of looking at the ping responses ;)

If it tells you that it takes "x.xxx ms" to reach the "ubuntu.com" server, then you have a working network access. If not, then your internet access is not properly configured.