** Description changed: Gradle 2.7-3 is currently uninstallable on Ubuntu Xenial. It fails with the following error message: $ sudo apt install gradle Reading package lists... Done - Building dependency tree + 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: - gradle : Depends: libgradle-plugins-java (>= 2.7-3) but it is not going to be installed + gradle : Depends: libgradle-plugins-java (>= 2.7-3) but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. + What is interesting is that I could install libgradle-plugins-java + without issues, though even with this in place I still get the same + error message from gradle. So it is not clear to me why, but it would be + interesting to see what is causing the conflict. - What is interesting is that I could install libgradle-plugins-java without issues, though even with this in place I still get the same error message from gradle. So it is not clear to me why, but it would be interesting to see what is causing the conflict. + $ apt-cache policy libgradle-plugins-java + libgradle-plugins-java: + Installed: 2.7-3 + Candidate: 2.7-3 + Version table: + *** 2.7-3 500 + 500 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages + 500 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe i386 Packages + 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status - $ apt-cache policy libgradle-plugins-java - libgradle-plugins-java: - Installed: 2.7-3 - Candidate: 2.7-3 - Version table: - *** 2.7-3 500 - 500 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages - 500 http://no.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe i386 Packages - 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status - - - Furthermore, since gradle depends on itself, this is currently preventing version 2.7-4 from building because build dependencies cannot be installed. + Furthermore, since gradle depends on itself, this is currently + preventing version 2.7-4 from building because build dependencies cannot + be installed. (It is also triggered for other packages which build- + depend on gradle.) I tried on a Debian Sid vm, but I don't get similar error messages there, so it looks like an Ubuntu-only problem. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: gradle (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.3.0-2.11-generic 4.3.0 Uname: Linux 4.3.0-2-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.19.3-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sat Dec 26 14:27:18 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-24 (63 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) SourcePackage: gradle UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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