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Reputation: 75

Unmet dependencies- unable to install python-catkin-pkg

I'm trying to install roslaunch but it says I need to install roslib, then that says I need to install catkin, which says I need to install python-catkin-pkg.

I first call source /opt/ros/kinetic/setup.bash and for each dependency I've tried to install. When it gets to sudo apt-get install python-catkin-pkg it says python-catkin-pkg is already the newest version (0.4.16-000)

So then I try to install catkin with sudo apt-get install catkin and the terminal returns the message: >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. catkin : Depends: python-catkin-pkg but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Screenshot of error messages

I'm new to ros and just installed ubuntu on a VM, I followed the instructions from ros wiki by creating a catkin workspace and package and from there I made a folder called roslaunch and within it I made an empty file called roslaunch.launch which was the original file I was trying to run. Thank you

Upvotes: 4

Views: 10774

Answers (1)

M Hassaan Khalid
M Hassaan Khalid

Reputation: 3

while executing sudo apt install catkin

it has recommended the following suggestions: The following packages have unmet dependencies: catkin : Depends: python3-catkin-pkg (>= 0.4.14-2) but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Upvotes: -3

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