Force install apt-get

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I tried installing beanstalkd with sudo apt-get install beanstalkd (also with -f option) and I get the following error:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  beanstalkd: Depends: libevent-1.4-2 (>= 1.4.13-stable) but it is not going to be installed
  mysql-server-5.1: Depends: mysql-client-5.1 (>= 5.1.62-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) but it is not going to be installed
                    Depends: libmysqlclient16 (>= 5.1.21-1) but it is not going to be installed
                    Depends: mysql-server-core-5.1 (>= 5.1.62-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) but it is not going to be installed
                    PreDepends: mysql-common (>= 5.1.62-0ubuntu0.10.04.1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

open synaptic and then look for those required things then install them from there . — Raja G, May 21 '12 at 14:25
http://askubuntu.com/questions/140246/how-do-i-resolve-unmet-dependencies — Raja G, May 21 '12 at 14:42
Did you do 'apt-get -f install' separately first, and then try to install beanstalkd? — Hydrangea, May 21 '12 at 15:01
@WebDeveloper he has given the commands to open them , what Ubuntu you got (server/GUI)? — Raja G, May 21 '12 at 15:11
The answer to this question finally helped me http://askubuntu.com/a/142808/7537 — aWebDeveloper, May 01 '14 at 13:29

score 41 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 05 '13 at 11:37

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First download the deb package from repository

apt-get download <package_name>

Install the deb file ( it should be in current folder )

sudo dpkg -i <downloaded_package_deb_file>

answered Jul 05 '13 at 11:37

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Why was this downvoted? This has fixed my problem with installing fake-pae ( https://launchpad.net/~prof7bit/+archive/fake-pae/ ) after I had upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10. Thank you so much! – Ads20000 Oct 19 '13 at 08:23
thanks so much for this answer. At least by doing this I can now see the the version conflicts that are causing the new package to get ignored (libstdc++6 dep in new package is newer) – Mat Schaffer Jul 03 '15 at 03:57
`aptitude download ` also works – PythoNic Mar 22 '16 at 15:20
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@Ads20000, it may have been downvoted because just `-i` won't resolve any dependency problems. However, if ineicu had shown the `--force-depends` trick, maybe the downvote would not have happened: `sudo dpkg --force-depends -i ` will install a package even if a dependency is considered missing. – Alexis Wilke May 25 '16 at 04:09
`apt-get download` completes but does not create any files in the current directory for me – jozxyqk Dec 08 '21 at 23:30

score 7 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 10 '12 at 16:37

Try

sudo apt-get install -f

with no package in terminal.

If this still gives the error of the dependencies then you will have to issue

sudo apt-get remove beanstalkd

then try

sudo apt-get install mysql-server beanstalkd

That should install the mysql dependencies and beanstalk.

score 4 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 10 '12 at 14:58

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try running sudo apt-get --fix-missing install

edited Oct 10 '12 at 14:58

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answered Oct 10 '12 at 01:55

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 02 '17 at 10:58

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Run

apt --fix-broken install

with no packages. And the try to install the packages again.

answered Dec 02 '17 at 10:58

nipunasudha

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Force install apt-get

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