Can't install vivid LTS enablement pack on Ubuntu 14.04

[Tsvetomir Dimitrov]

I have got ubuntu 14.04 64bit, fully upgraded with utopic LTS enablement stack. I try to install vivid LTS enablement running this command:

 sudo apt-get install --install-recommends linux-generic-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-core-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-all-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-input-all-lts-vivid libwayland-egl1-mesa-lts-vivid

as described here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack

The output I receive is:

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:
 libcogl15 : Depends: libegl1-mesa-drivers
 libwayland-egl1-mesa-lts-vivid : Depends: libegl1-mesa-lts-vivid (= 10.5.2-0ubuntu1~trusty1) but it is not going to be installed
                                  Conflicts: xorg-renamed-package-lts-utopic
 xserver-xorg-core-lts-vivid : Depends: libgbm1-lts-vivid (>= 8.1~0) but it is not going to be installed
                               Recommends: libgl1-mesa-dri-lts-vivid (>= 7.10.2-4) but it is not going to be installed
                               Conflicts: xorg-renamed-package-lts-utopic
 xserver-xorg-input-all-lts-vivid : Depends: xserver-xorg-input-evdev-lts-vivid but it is not going to be installed
                                    Depends: xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse-lts-vivid but it is not going to be installed
                                    Depends: xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-lts-vivid but it is not going to be installed
                                    Depends: xserver-xorg-input-wacom-lts-vivid but it is not going to be installed
 xserver-xorg-lts-vivid : Depends: xserver-xorg-input-evdev-lts-vivid but it is not going to be installed
                          Recommends: libgl1-mesa-dri-lts-vivid but it is not going to be installed
                          Recommends: libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-vivid but it is not going to be installed
                          Recommends: libegl1-mesa-lts-vivid but it is not going to be installed
                          Recommends: libegl1-mesa-drivers-lts-vivid but it is not installable
                          Recommends: libgbm1-lts-vivid but it is not going to be installed
                          Recommends: libgles2-mesa-lts-vivid but it is not going to be installed
                          Recommends: libgles1-mesa-lts-vivid but it is not going to be installed
                          Conflicts: libegl1-mesa (>= 0~)
                          Conflicts: libgl1-mesa-dri (>= 0~)
                          Conflicts: libgl1-mesa-glx (>= 0~)
                          Conflicts: libglapi-mesa (>= 0~)
                          Conflicts: libgles2-mesa (>= 0~)
                          Conflicts: xorg-renamed-package-lts-utopic
 xserver-xorg-video-all-lts-vivid : Depends: xserver-xorg-video-ati-lts-vivid but it is not going to be installed
                                    Depends: xserver-xorg-video-cirrus-lts-vivid but it is not going to be installed
                                    Depends: xserver-xorg-video-fbdev-lts-vivid but it is not going to be installed
                                    Depends: xserver-xorg-video-intel-lts-vivid but it is not going to be installed
                                    Depends: xserver-xorg-video-mga-lts-vivid but it is not going to be installed
                                    Depends: xserver-xorg-video-neomagic-lts-vivid but it is not going to be installed
                                    Depends: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau-lts-vivid but it is not going to be installed
                                    Depends: xserver-xorg-video-openchrome-lts-vivid but it is not going to be installed
                                    Depends: xserver-xorg-video-savage-lts-vivid but it is not going to be installed
                                    Depends: xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion-lts-vivid but it is not going to be installed
                                    Depends: xserver-xorg-video-sisusb-lts-vivid but it is not going to be installed
                                    Depends: xserver-xorg-video-tdfx-lts-vivid but it is not going to be installed
                                    Depends: xserver-xorg-video-trident-lts-vivid but it is not going to be installed
                                    Depends: xserver-xorg-video-vesa-lts-vivid but it is not going to be installed
                                    Depends: xserver-xorg-video-vmware-lts-vivid but it is not going to be installed
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.

I think others are suffering from the same issue because there are questions posted on askubuntu (http://askubuntu.com/questions/657919/install-packages-from-lts-hardware-enablement-stack-for-ubuntu-14-04-3-has-unmet)

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[Tsvetomir Dimitrov (tdimitrov)]

I suspect the package upgrade is failing because of the dependencies of libegl1-mesa-lts-vivid.

[Tsvetomir Dimitrov (tdimitrov)]

Similar output on my home machine (same version of Ubuntu, same LTS enablement stack):

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:
 libcheese-gtk23 : Depends: libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 (>= 0.91.8) but it is not going to be installed
                   Depends: libcogl15 (>= 1.15.8) but it is not going to be installed
 libcheese7 : Depends: libclutter-gst-2.0-0 (>= 0.10.0) but it is not going to be installed
              Depends: gstreamer1.0-clutter but it is not going to be installed
 libclutter-1.0-0 : Depends: libcogl-pango15 (>= 1.15.8) but it is not going to be installed
                    Depends: libcogl15 (>= 1.15.8) but it is not going to be installed
 libwayland-egl1-mesa-lts-vivid : Depends: libegl1-mesa-lts-vivid (= 10.5.2-0ubuntu1~trusty1) but it is not going to be installed
 xserver-xorg-core-lts-vivid : Depends: libgbm1-lts-vivid (>= 8.1~0) but it is not going to be installed
                               Recommends: libgl1-mesa-dri-lts-vivid (>= 7.10.2-4) but it is not going to be installed
 xserver-xorg-lts-vivid : Recommends: libgl1-mesa-dri-lts-vivid but it is not going to be installed
                          Recommends: libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-vivid but it is not going to be installed
                          Recommends: libegl1-mesa-lts-vivid but it is not going to be installed
                          Recommends: libegl1-mesa-drivers-lts-vivid but it is not installable
                          Recommends: libgbm1-lts-vivid but it is not going to be installed
                          Recommends: libgles2-mesa-lts-vivid but it is not going to be installed
                          Recommends: libgles1-mesa-lts-vivid but it is not going to be installed
                          Conflicts: libegl1-mesa (>= 0~)
                          Conflicts: libgl1-mesa-dri (>= 0~)
                          Conflicts: libgl1-mesa-glx (>= 0~)
                          Conflicts: libglapi-mesa (>= 0~)
                          Conflicts: libgles2-mesa (>= 0~)
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[libuntu (libuntu)]

i got too Similar output on my PC..

[Louwtjie (louwtjiedt)]

this might help....

sudo apt-get install --install-recommends linux-generic-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-core-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-all-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-input-all-lts-vivid libwayland-egl1-mesa-lts-vivid libqt5gui5 libgles1-mesa-lts-vivid libgles2-mesa-lts-vivid libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-vivid

When I added, libqt5gui5 libgles1-mesa-lts-vivid libgles2-mesa-lts-vivid libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-vivid, it worked and installed all the dependicies.

[Peter Passchier (peter-passchier)]

After following Louwtjie's solution above, I got it to work.

[Naël (nathanael-naeri)]

Louwtjie:
> When I added, libqt5gui5 libgles1-mesa-lts-vivid libgles2-mesa-lts-vivid
> libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-vivid, it worked and installed all the dependicies
I suspect libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-vivid is enough (not 100% sure yet though, only about 65%)

Also, in the comment line, xserver-xorg-core-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-video-all-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-input-all-lts-vivid are not necessary since they are dependencies of xserver-xorg-lts-vivid, I don't know why the community wiki keeps mentioning them

Louwtjie, Peter, did you happen to have Skype installed (from the partner repository) when you tried upgrading the HWE stack? When upgrading from Vivid's to Wily's X server, I've noticed skype-bin:i386 recurse-depends on a few libgl*-mesa-*-lst-vivid:i386 libraries. In my case, removing Skype and autoremoving everything it recurse-depends on made it possible to run the official command line unaltered.

(Subscribing you to this bug just so you get this question, sorry)

Also, not sure this bug is a dup of 1479251, it's not the same error message

[Peter Passchier (peter-passchier)]

Indeed, I had Skype installed and when I got the upgrade to work, I had to reinstall Skype.

[Naël (nathanael-naeri)]

Thanks for the feedback, I think the culprit may have something to do with (or perhaps be a reverse-depends of?) one of the libgl*-mesa-*-lts-<release>:i386 libraries skype recurse-depends on, then:

libgl1-mesa-dri-lts-<release>:i386
libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-<release>:i386
libglapi-mesa-lts-<release>:i386

where <release> is the release of the currently used X server, when trying to upgrade to the X server of the next release

my comment 8:
> in the comment line
*command

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

If you use "sudo apt-get install libwayland-egl1-mesa-lts-vivid linux-generic-lts-vivid xserver-xorg-lts-vivid libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-vivid linux-image-generic-lts-vivid libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-vivid:i386" the upgrade path will be properly calculated. Given that the vivid HWE stack is no longer receiving updates and people will be recommended to upgrade to the xenial HWE stack, I'm going to set this to Won't Fix.