Public bug reported:
I have a fresh install of Ubuntu v16.04.1, then I did an `apt-get
upgrade` and it only had a few seemingly-minor packages to upgrade
(don't remember the list, sorry).
Apparently all the core vim packages have been upgraded to
2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.1 but vim-gtk3 (and all the other gvim-providing
packages I tested) are still held back to 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1 so there
is a version mis-match.
Now I get the following error:
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root@machine:/# apt-get install vim-gtk3
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:
vim-gtk3 : Depends: vim-common (= 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1) but
2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.1 is to be installed
Depends: vim-runtime (= 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1) but
2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.1 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
[[[ END PASTE ]]]
However I can still get gvim working if I force the installation of the
vim-gtk3 package using dpkg. Of course this is not a good solution, because it
leaves my system in a state of seemingly-broken packages!
[[[ BEGIN PASTE ]]]
root@machine:/# dpkg -i --force-depends ./vim-gtk3_7.4.1689-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Selecting previously unselected package vim-gtk3.
(Reading database ... 251539 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../vim-gtk3_7.4.1689-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking vim-gtk3 (2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1) ...
dpkg: vim-gtk3: dependency problems, but configuring anyway as you requested:
vim-gtk3 depends on vim-common (= 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1); however:
Version of vim-common on system is 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.1.
vim-gtk3 depends on vim-runtime (= 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1); however:
Version of vim-runtime on system is 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1.1.
Setting up vim-gtk3 (2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.gtk3 to provide /usr/bin/vim (vim) in
auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.gtk3 to provide /usr/bin/vimdiff
(vimdiff) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.gtk3 to provide /usr/bin/rvim (rvim) in
auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.gtk3 to provide /usr/bin/rview (rview)
in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.gtk3 to provide /usr/bin/vi (vi) in
auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.gtk3 to provide /usr/bin/view (view) in
auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.gtk3 to provide /usr/bin/ex (ex) in
auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.gtk3 to provide /usr/bin/editor
(editor) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.gtk3 to provide /usr/bin/gvim (gvim) in
auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.gtk3 to provide /usr/bin/gview (gview)
in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.gtk3 to provide /usr/bin/rgview
(rgview) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.gtk3 to provide /usr/bin/rgvim (rgvim)
in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.gtk3 to provide /usr/bin/evim (evim) in
auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.gtk3 to provide /usr/bin/eview (eview)
in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.gtk3 to provide /usr/bin/gvimdiff
(gvimdiff) in auto mode
[[[ END PASTE ]]]
And yes, I can confirm that gvim actually works using this method. We just
need to upgrade the package versioning so that we don't have a problem with the
apt-get packaging dependency system.
Thanks for all your hard work. Ubuntu is #1!!! :-)
** Affects: vim (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: packaging vim xenial
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vim-gtk3 Has Unmet Dependencies After `apt-get upgrade` In Ubuntu
16.04.1 Xenial
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