Re: apt-get fails to install pylint3
On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 04:14:33PM +0000, Tony van der Hoff wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to install pylint3 on my jessie system.
> According to synaptic, pylint3 is available from backports, which I've
> enabled in sources.list. However, it depends on python3-astroid, which it
> refused to install:
>
> #################################
> tony@tony-lx:~$ sudo apt-get install pylint3
> 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:
> pylint3 : Depends: python3-astroid (>= 1.4.1) but 1.2.1-3 is to be
> installed
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
> #################################
>
> Has anyone got any suggestions?
Sure, install a newer version of python3-astroid.
It says so in the error message.
I guess you have an older package installed before you added the backports
to your repository.
-H
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