Python OpenCL cannot be installed in 12.10 due to unmet dependencies

[Peter Würtz]

The following packages have unmet dependencies.
 python-pyopencl : Depends: opencl-icd but it is not installable
                   Depends: python-pyopencl-headers (= 2012.1-1ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed
                   Recommends: python-pyopencl-doc but it is not going to be installed
                   Recommends: python-opengl but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: python-pyopencl (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-14.15-generic 3.5.3
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-14-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Sep 9 00:18:13 2012
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pyopencl
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-09-08 (0 days ago)

[Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd)]

Thanks for reporting this issue and making Ubuntu better.

I get the same error message when attempting to install python-pyopencl on Quantal.

[Jason Conti (jconti)]

Looks like this is a consequence of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pyopencl/+bug/763457 (so perhaps a dup of the issue?)

It seems that nvidia-current/fglrx need to provide a opencl-icd virtual package but do not yet.

[Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)]

Yes this is a fallout from bug 763457. I have been anticipating for the graphics card packaging to provide opencl-icd virtual packages, but that has not yet happened unfortunatly.

Either bug 763457 should be fixed for the remaining packages, or the pyopencl package needs to be reverted.

[Erik Ackermann (domohawk)]

This bug is affecting me too.

Quantal Xubuntu, AMD

[Dylan Piergies (dylan-piergies)]

Me, too.

[Dylan Piergies (dylan-piergies)]

Since I'm on an Intel platform, I worked around this by installing the Intel OpenCL SDK (converted to a .deb using alien) and adding a "Provides: opencl-icd" line to the control file as described in the post at http://serverfault.com/a/383958 before installing the package. Since this is an alien package, I won't need to worry about upgrades breaking the package. It coexists happily with the NVIDIA OpenCL implementation from the apt repository.

[Haneef Mubarak (haneefmubarak)]

Any possible progress?

[Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa (vasco-costa)]

Same problem here with Quantal and a NVIDIA card.

I kludged around it by building an equivs package for opencl-icd.

This is the second issue I have had with OpenCL on NVIDIA cards. I even provided a patch for my last issue yet nothing happened. You people really need to get someone to test this stuff. The HPC devs are quite likely being stung really hard with these issues.

[Mikhail Yevchenko (mikhail-yevchenko)]

Same problem here:

# apt-get install python-pyopencl
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:
 python-pyopencl : Depends: opencl-icd but it is not installable
                   Depends: python-pyopencl-headers (= 2012.1-1ubuntu1) but it is not going to be installed
                   Recommends: python-pyopencl-doc but it is not going to be installed
                   Recommends: python-opengl but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

[Guillermo Sánchez (guillermo-s)]

I'm having this issue too; 12.10 and Nvidia drivers.

[Ilari Jääskeläinen (ilari.jaaskelainen)]

I wonder the urgency low since this package could be used in server environment. Besides adding virtual package providers should not take that much time.

[PsYcHoK9 (psychok9)]

I'm having this issue too; Ubuntu 12.10 amd64 + Radeon FGLRX drivers (Catalyst 13.3).
Any workaround?

[Kris (kmbroga)]

Same here. Ubuntu 12.10 amd64 and NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-310.40 driver. Some workaround would be helpful.

[Magpie (thismagpie)]

Lubuntu 2.10 64 bit

[Dylan Piergies (dylan-piergies)]

Not sure 64 bit machines existed when Ubuntu was at version 2.10. In fact,
I'm not sure Ubuntu existed back then, either.
On Apr 7, 2013 12:40 AM, "Magpie" <email address hidden> wrote:

> Lubuntu 2.10 64 bit
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1048036
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> Title:
> Python OpenCL cannot be installed in 12.10 due to unmet dependencies
>
> Status in “pyopencl” package in Ubuntu:
> Fix Released
> Status in “pyopencl” source package in Quantal:
> Confirmed
> Status in “pyopencl” source package in Raring:
> Fix Released
>
> Bug description:
> The following packages have unmet dependencies.
> python-pyopencl : Depends: opencl-icd but it is not installable
> Depends: python-pyopencl-headers (= 2012.1-1ubuntu1)
> but it is not going to be installed
> Recommends: python-pyopencl-doc but it is not going
> to be installed
> Recommends: python-opengl but it is not going to be
> installed
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
> Package: python-pyopencl (not installed)
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-14.15-generic 3.5.3
> Uname: Linux 3.5.0-14-generic x86_64
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
> ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu7
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Sun Sep 9 00:18:13 2012
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
> TERM=xterm
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: pyopencl
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-09-08 (0 days ago)
>
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[Hveem (krbjhvee)]

Thisaffect the newest linux mint too! Non amd processor.

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

quantal has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the quantal task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".