Public bug reported: Cannot install npm on precise server. Because of that chef scripts crash. My nodejs is:
ii nodejs 0.10.26-1chl1~precise1 root@HOST:/home/tdi# apt-get install npm 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: npm : Depends: nodejs but it is not going to be installed Depends: nodejs-dev Depends: node-request but it is not going to be installed Depends: node-mkdirp but it is not going to be installed Depends: node-minimatch but it is not going to be installed Depends: node-semver but it is not going to be installed Depends: node-ini but it is not going to be installed Depends: node-graceful-fs but it is not going to be installed Depends: node-abbrev but it is not going to be installed Depends: node-nopt but it is not going to be installed Depends: node-fstream but it is not going to be installed Depends: node-rimraf but it is not going to be installed Depends: node-tar but it is not going to be installed Depends: node-which but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. and root@HOST:/home/tdi# apt-get install nodejs-dev 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: nodejs-dev : Depends: nodejs (= 0.8.22-1chl1~precise1) but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. apt repos are up to date. ** Affects: npm (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: precise ** Tags added: precise -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1293082 Title: npm is uninstallable again on precise To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/npm/+bug/1293082/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs