On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 04:14:33PM +0000, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to install pylint3 on my jessie system. > According to synaptic, pylint3 is available from backports, which I've > enabled in sources.list. However, it depends on python3-astroid, which it > refused to install: > > ################################# > tony@tony-lx:~$ sudo apt-get install pylint3 > 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: > pylint3 : Depends: python3-astroid (>= 1.4.1) but 1.2.1-3 is to be > installed > E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. > ################################# > > Has anyone got any suggestions?
Sure, install a newer version of python3-astroid. It says so in the error message. I guess you have an older package installed before you added the backports to your repository. -H -- Henning Follmann | hfollm...@itcfollmann.com
