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cmanohar
Apr 20, 2022Copper Contributor
Unable to install microsoft -edge-dev on ubuntu
lubuntu@lubuntu:~$ sudo apt install microsoft-edge-dev
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:
microsoft-edge-dev : Depends: libatomic1 (>= 4.8) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
lubuntu@lubuntu:~$ sudo apt install libatomic1
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:
libatomic1 : Depends: gcc-8-base (= 8-20180414-1ubuntu2) but 8.3.0-6ubuntu1~18.04.1 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
lubuntu@lubuntu:~$ neofetch
##### lubuntu@lubuntu
####### ---------------
##O#O## OS: Boot-Repair-Disk 64bit 20200604 x86_64
####### Host: HP Slimline Desktop PC 270-p0XX
########### Kernel: 5.3.0-28-generic
############# Uptime: 10 days, 2 hours, 13 mins
############### Packages: 1093
################ Shell: bash 4.4.20
################# Resolution: 1440x900
##################### DE: LXDE
##################### WM: Openbox
################# Theme: Adwaita [GTK3]
Icons: Adwaita [GTK3]
Terminal: lxterminal
Terminal Font: Monospace 10
CPU: Intel i3-7100 (4) @ 3.900GHz
GPU: Intel HD Graphics 630
Memory: 2167MiB / 3829MiB
lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Boot-Repair-Disk 64bit 20200604
Release: 18.04.4
Codename: bionic
- JohnknowproCopper ContributorSomeone solved this problem?
- cmanoharCopper ContributorPLEASE POST THE SOLUTION HERE
- josh_bodnerMicrosoftWhat version of Ubuntu are you on? If it's 18.04.4, that seems pretty old so I'd be curious if updating to something newer like 18.04.6 would help.