Public bug reported: apt install bsdtar fails with dependency issue on 16.04:
root@czz17163-laptop:~/scripts# apt-get install bsdtar 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: bsdtar : Depends: libarchive13 (= 3.1.2-11build1) but 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.3 is to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. Solution: Include in repository the bsdtar package from https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/amd64/bsdtar/download (wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/liba/libarchive/bsdtar_3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.3_amd64.deb ) which works with libarchive13 in version 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.3 which is included in U16.04 ** Affects: vagrant (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1765646 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 - issue with badtar package installation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vagrant/+bug/1765646/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs