(SOLVED) Sid – Dependency hell for wacom updates to 2.0.0-1

[Member stevesr0]

Hi,

I just did an apt update and full upgrade and found two packages were held back libwacom-bin and libwacom-common. I checked in aptitude and found that libwacom-bin was dependent on libwacom9 and libwacom9 is dependent on libwacom-common. Libwacom-bin and libwacom-common (version 1.12) are installed, but libwacom9 ISN’T installed and requires libwacom-common version 2.0.0-1.

Libwacom-common is not said to have any dependencies, SO I simulated it’s upgrade with apt.

This resulted in a note that 70+ packages would no longer be needed and could be removed by sudo apt autoremove, 27 packages would be removed and libwacom-common, libwacom-common and libwacom9 (all version 2.0.0-1) would be installed.

I searched for a report of a problem with upgrading the wacom library files, but haven’t seen any.

Since I don’t need to use the wacom tools on this laptop, I am not going to upgrade. Perhaps there will be another upgrade that will resolve this.

I am posting in case anyone else is having a problem with this wacom upgrade or how to fix it (being a curious sort).

stevesr0

• This topic was modified 1 year, 3 months ago by christophe. Reason: added "sid" to the title for clarification
• This topic was modified 1 year, 3 months ago by stevesr0.

[Anonymous]

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Libwacom-bin and libwacom-common (version 1.12) are installed, but

packages.debian.org/search?keywords=libwacom&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all

Package libwacom-common

stretch (oldoldstable) (libs): Wacom model feature query library (common files)
0.22-1: all
buster (oldstable) (libs): Wacom model feature query library (common files)
0.32-1: all
bullseye (stable) (libs): Wacom model feature query library (common files)
1.8-2: all
bookworm (testing) (libs): Wacom model feature query library (common files)
1.12-1: all
sid (unstable) (libs): Wacom model feature query library (common files)
2.0.0-1: all

??? You are using bookworm aka testing repository, and hoped to install 2.0.0.-1 from sid//unstable ?

• This reply was modified 1 year, 2 months ago by Brian Masinick. Reason: From skidoo

[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

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Be patient and wait for it to be fixed upstream.
The joys of using sid.

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[Member stevesr0]

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Hi skidoo and anticapitalista,

Thanks for responses.

Skidoo, No I am using Sid. I believe the previous version for Sid was 1.12-1 which I have installed. This latest upgrade went to 2.0.0-1. I imagine that this is a temporary glitch that might be fixed by the developers in an update. I emailed this story to the developer.

Anticapitalista, Waiting is my plan <g>.

stevesr0

[Member stevesr0]

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As anticapitalista said, wait for them to fix it. I think it took less than 24 hours. My update today went smoothly without hold back or massive removals <g>.

Sid is fun (so far, as long as I don’t depend on this computer.)

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