Public bug reported:
Current version of libc6:amd64 in Focal is 2.31-0ubuntu9.3. libc6-dev
requires 2.31-0ubuntu9.2 **only**. This prevents installation of
libc6-dev (as originally discovered while trying to install build-
essential, which also requires libc6-dev).
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root@nel-lg-gram:/home/nel# apt -f install libc6-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:
libc6-dev : Depends: libc6 (= 2.31-0ubuntu9.2) but 2.31-0ubuntu9.3 is to be
installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
root@nel-lg-gram:/home/nel# dpkg --get-selections | grep libc6
libc6:amd64 install
libc6-dbg:amd64 install
root@nel-lg-gram:/home/nel# apt policy libc6
libc6:
Installed: 2.31-0ubuntu9.3
Candidate: 2.31-0ubuntu9.3
Version table:
*** 2.31-0ubuntu9.3 100
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2.31-0ubuntu9.2 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64
Packages
2.31-0ubuntu9 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages
~~~~
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: libc6-dev (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-50.56~20.04.1-generic 5.8.18
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-50-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Sun May 2 17:58:02 2021
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-10-31 (183 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: glibc
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: glibc (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal
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cannot install libc6-dev, requires old libc6 version
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