i am getting an error while upgrading apt upgrade

Question

The following packages have unmet dependencies: libwacom9 : Depends: libwacom-common (= 2.1.0-2) but 1.12-1 is to be installed E: Broken packages getting this error when using apt upgrade

Solution 1

same issue today. if you need to or want to keep the package like me, just run:

sudo apt install libwacom-common

it will install the missing package and after that

sudo apt update

It will run like a train.

Solution 2

You need to remove the package:

1. sudo apt remove libwacom2
2. sudo apt upgrade

I hope it works for you.

Comments

[guiverc]

Only Ubuntu and official flavors of Ubuntu (ubuntu.com/download/flavours) are on-topic here, refer to askubuntu.com/help/on-topic where you'll find other SE sites where you question will be welcome if you don't want to use a Kali forum. (One advantage of Ubuntu is it's many support options, you opted for Kali so take advantage of its support options, or SE Unix & Linux found in the on-topic link) kali.org/docs/introduction/should-i-use-kali-linux

[guiverc]

No package(s) in your paste match on-topic OS/releases. Ubuntu 22.04 doesn't yet exist; it's currently the development release Ubuntu jammy and remains that until it reaches RC state which isn't expected until after 14 April 2022, and isn't on-topic here until release on 21 April 2022. discourse.ubuntu.com/t/jammy-jellyfish-release-schedule/2390‌​6 Please refer askubuntu.com/help/on-topic. For support issues with Ubuntu jammy you'll need to use a #ubuntu-next or #ubuntu+1 site (IRC, UF etc)

[cipricus]

I have met this in the soon-to-be-released Kubuntu 22.04 and solved it by installing libwacom-common and then (to avoid conflicts and other errors reported by apt in terminal after that) by simply using Discover instead of other tools.

[David]

Why would you remove the package? Please give supporting info for your answer.

[Sh0x]

Because it was a problem with dependencies. If you want to install the new version of libwacom, go to this page github.com/linuxwacom/libwacom/releases/tag/libwacom-2.1.0

[Hans Dampf]

Thx, fixed the same issue on Debian Bookworm

[GMaster]

Thanks. Running like a Japanese bullet train

[cipricus]

After that, in 22.04 updates couldn't be made with apt in terminal, because of all upgradable packages being held back, but Discover worked just fine.

[cipricus]

libwacom2 seems absent in Ubuntu.