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"you have held broken package" While trying to install R

rated 0 times [ 13] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 26624 / 2 Years ago, wed, july 20, 2022, 5:53:55

I know this question has already been asked, but all the answer posted weren't able to help solve my problem.
I tried the following command on Ubuntu 14.04:

sudo apt-get install r-base-core

and I get:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:

 r-base-core : Depends: libtiff4 but it is not installable

               Recommends: r-recommended but it is not going to be installed

               Recommends: r-base-dev but it is not going to be installed

               Recommends: r-doc-html but it is not going to be installed

E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

I have also tried it with aptitude:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:

 r-base-core : Depends: libtiff4 which is a virtual package.

The following actions will resolve these dependencies:



      Keep the following packages at their current version:

1)      r-base-core [Not Installed]                        

2)      r-base-dev [Not Installed]                         

3)      r-cran-boot [Not Installed]                        

4)      r-cran-class [Not Installed]                       

5)      r-cran-cluster [Not Installed]                     

6)      r-cran-codetools [Not Installed]                   

7)      r-cran-foreign [Not Installed]                     

8)      r-cran-kernsmooth [Not Installed]                  

9)      r-cran-lattice [Not Installed]                     

10)     r-cran-mass [Not Installed]                        

11)     r-cran-matrix [Not Installed]                      

12)     r-cran-mgcv [Not Installed]                        

13)     r-cran-nlme [Not Installed]                        

14)     r-cran-nnet [Not Installed]                        

15)     r-cran-rpart [Not Installed]                       

16)     r-cran-spatial [Not Installed]                     

17)     r-cran-survival [Not Installed]                    

18)     r-recommended [Not Installed]                      







Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] y

No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.

0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.

I then ran apt-get upgrade, update and other stuff described in this tutorial.
Here is the result of the command cat /etc/apt/sources.list:

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.10 _Quantal Quetzal_ - Release amd64 (20121017.5)]/ quantal main restricted



# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to

# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty main restricted

deb-src http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty main restricted



## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the

## distribution.

deb http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty-updates main restricted

deb-src http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty-updates main restricted



## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu

## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any

## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.

deb http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty universe

deb-src http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty universe

deb http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty-updates universe

deb-src http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty-updates universe



## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu

## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to

## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in

## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu

## security team.

deb http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty multiverse

deb-src http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty multiverse

deb http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty-updates multiverse

deb-src http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty-updates multiverse



## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as

## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes

## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.

## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review

## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.

deb http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb-src http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty-backports main restricted universe multiverse



deb http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty-security main restricted

deb-src http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty-security main restricted

deb http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty-security universe

deb-src http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty-security universe

deb http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty-security multiverse

deb-src http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/ubuntu/archive/ trusty-security multiverse



## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's

## 'partner' repository.

## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the

## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.

# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu quantal partner

# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu quantal partner



## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party

## developers who want to ship their latest software.

deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main

deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main

deb http://cran.rstudio.com/bin/linux/ubuntu precise/

And the result of the command

cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*

is:

# deb http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu precise main # disabled on upgrade to saucy

# deb http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu precise main # disabled on upgrade to saucy

# deb http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu precise main # disabled on upgrade to saucy

# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/grumbel/ppa/ubuntu saucy main # disabled on upgrade to saucy

deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/grumbel/ppa/ubuntu raring main

# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/grumbel/ppa/ubuntu saucy main # disabled on upgrade to saucy

# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/grumbel/ppa/ubuntu raring main

# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/grumbel/ppa/ubuntu saucy main # disabled on upgrade to saucy

deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/grumbel/ppa/ubuntu raring main

# This file makes sure that Opera Browser is kept up-to-date

# as part of regular system upgrades



deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable non-free #Opera Browser (final releases)



# The line above will make sure you get all final public releases.

# Uncomment the following line if you want to get alpha and beta

# releases, too.



# deb http://deb.opera.com/opera-beta/ stable non-free #Opera Browser (beta releases)

# This file makes sure that Opera Browser is kept up-to-date

# as part of regular system upgrades



deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable non-free #Opera Browser (final releases)



# The line above will make sure you get all final public releases.

# Uncomment the following line if you want to get alpha and beta

# releases, too.



# deb http://deb.opera.com/opera-beta/ stable non-free #Opera Browser (beta releases)

# This file makes sure that Opera Browser is kept up-to-date

# as part of regular system upgrades



deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable non-free #Opera Browser (final releases)



# The line above will make sure you get all final public releases.

# Uncomment the following line if you want to get alpha and beta

# releases, too.



# deb http://deb.opera.com/opera-beta/ stable non-free #Opera Browser (beta releases)

# deb http://deb.playonlinux.com/ natty main # disabled on upgrade to saucy

# deb http://deb.playonlinux.com/ natty main # disabled on upgrade to saucy

# deb http://deb.playonlinux.com/ natty main # disabled on upgrade to saucy

# deb http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ precise steam # disabled on upgrade to raring

# deb-src http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ precise steam # disabled on upgrade to raring

# deb http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ precise steam # disabled on upgrade to raring

# deb-src http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ precise steam # disabled on upgrade to raring

# deb http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ precise steam # disabled on upgrade to raring

# deb-src http://repo.steampowered.com/steam/ precise steam # disabled on upgrade to raring

# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu saucy main # disabled on upgrade to saucy

deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu raring main

# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu saucy main # disabled on upgrade to saucy

# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu raring main

# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu saucy main # disabled on upgrade to saucy

deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu raring main

# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/vincent-c/nevernote/ubuntu saucy main # disabled on upgrade to saucy

deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/vincent-c/nevernote/ubuntu raring main

# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/vincent-c/nevernote/ubuntu saucy main # disabled on upgrade to saucy

# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/vincent-c/nevernote/ubuntu raring main

# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/vincent-c/nevernote/ubuntu saucy main # disabled on upgrade to saucy

deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/vincent-c/nevernote/ubuntu raring main

# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/sublime-text-3/ubuntu saucy main # disabled on upgrade to saucy

deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/sublime-text-3/ubuntu raring main

# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/sublime-text-3/ubuntu saucy main # disabled on upgrade to saucy

# deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/sublime-text-3/ubuntu raring main

# deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/sublime-text-3/ubuntu saucy main # disabled on upgrade to saucy

deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/sublime-text-3/ubuntu raring main

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answered 2 Years ago avilyexplor · Accepted Answer

Thanks a lot Wilf to answer your question. But someone else gave me the answer on the R mailing list, running the following commands :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:marutter/rrutter

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install r-base r-base-dev

helped me solve my problem !