| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0008666 | Kali Linux | Kali Package Bug | public | 2024-03-12 12:51 | 2024-03-23 12:51 |
| Reporter | jabrahamjohns | Assigned To | arnaudr | ||
| Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | have not tried |
| Status | closed | Resolution | not fixable | ||
| Summary | 0008666: package libgl1-mesa-glx is not installable | ||||
| Description | I have been trying to install packet tracer from cisco after installing kali Linux in a new machine and this is what has been happening with same consistent error. Sudo apt install CiscoPacketTracer_821_Ubuntu_64bit.deb Sudo dpkg -i Packet_Tracer821_amd64_signed.deb dpkg: error processing package packettracer (--install): Sudo apt install libgl1-mesa-glx libxcb-xinerama0-dev Reading package lists... Done E: Package 'libgl1-mesa-glx' has no installation candidate sudo apt --fix-broken install sudo dpkg -i Packet_Tracer821_amd64_signed.deb dpkg: error processing package packettracer (--install): | ||||
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Not a Kali issue. Cisco has to fix their package. |
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You are trying to install a package that comes from another distro (CiscoPacketTracer_821_Ubuntu_64bit.deb) or from a third-party (Packet_Tracer821_amd64_signed.deb). This is generally not a good idea, and if you do, things might not work, and you're on your own to fix it. Understand that packages have dependencies, so it's expected that if you pick a package from another distro, it might have dependencies that are not be available in Kali. Or, dependencies are in Kali, but not the same version as the distro from where you picked the package, and you're now running an untested combination that might not work as expected, or be completely broken (despite the package being installable). Or work great if you're lucky, but might break after an update. Now, in this particular case: Kali is a rolling distro based in Debian testing, so basically it tracks closely the latest changes that come from Debian. At the moment in Kali there is mesa If you really need to install this third-party package, you will have to wait until the vendor that produces it (Ubuntu or whoever, I don't know) update it, so that the dependency on Closing, as this not a bug in Kali, and not fixable on our side. Sorry! |
