Distributions: unable to install on debian sid

[mathieuruellan]

The dependency python2-minimal (= 2.7.17-2) can't be resolved.

apt install -y  nodejs

WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.

Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
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-minimal : Depends: python2-minimal (= 2.7.17-2) but 2.7.18-2 is to be installed
                  Recommends: python but it is not going to be installed

[hakuamesan]

I have the same error on Debian Sid when trying to install Node 14.x.

[sabelapaulo]

I'm also getting the same unmet dependencies too. Exact same output as well.

I'm actually new to using Sid and never experienced this kind of thing with stable. Can anyone explain what this means?

Is there any solution as of yet?

[flemeur]

Hi. I'm also experiencing this problem. I managed to get nodejs installed by creating a dummy package for python-minimal with equivs. See: https://wiki.debian.org/Packaging/HackingDependencies

First install the python2-minimal package, if you haven't already.

Next create a file called dummy-python-minimal.equivs with the following content:

Package: python-minimal
Version: 99:99
Maintainer: Your Name <[email protected]>
Architecture: all
Description: dummy python-minimal package
 A dummy package providing python-minimal for nodesource nodejs repository.

Then run

equivs-build dummy-python-minimal.equivs

Then install the generated dummy package

sudo dpkg -i python-minimal_99_all.deb

Now you should be able to install the nodejs package without problems.

[lovell]

@igsu It looks like the Node.js 14.x sid Packages files e.g. https://deb.nodesource.com/node_14.x/dists/sid/main/binary-arm64/Packages files have now been updated so their Depends contains python3-minimal, thank you.

Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.4), libstdc++6 (>= 4.8), python3-minimal, ca-certificates

Please can you also update the node_10.x and node_12.x versions of these Packages files? (I would open a PR for this but it doesn't look like these are open source, or at least I can't find them.)

[igsu]

@lovell This has only been distributed with the new version of Node.js 14.x, with the new versions of Node.js 10.x and 12.x that will be released today so will the dependency update for these versions.

[igsu]

Packages have already been updated:
https://deb.nodesource.com/node_10.x/dists/sid/main/binary-arm64/Packages
https://deb.nodesource.com/node_12.x/dists/sid/main/binary-arm64/Packages
https://deb.nodesource.com/node_14.x/dists/sid/main/binary-arm64/Packages

https://deb.nodesource.com/node_10.x/dists/sid/main/binary-amd64/Packages
https://deb.nodesource.com/node_12.x/dists/sid/main/binary-amd64/Packages
https://deb.nodesource.com/node_14.x/dists/sid/main/binary-amd64/Packages

https://deb.nodesource.com/node_10.x/dists/sid/main/binary-armhf/Packages
https://deb.nodesource.com/node_12.x/dists/sid/main/binary-armhf/Packages
https://deb.nodesource.com/node_14.x/dists/sid/main/binary-armhf/Packages

[memoryhole]

I think the Ubuntu distros also need updating as well: https://deb.nodesource.com/node_10.x/dists/cosmic/main/binary-amd64/Packages

I'm hitting the same problem there.

[dandv]

I've just run into the same problem with node_15.x and bionic.

@sam-github says that Node doesn't depend on python2, and only the packages built by Nodesource do. This is going over my head, but is it something Nodesource can address? python2 was EOLed anyway.