I have just now re-installed the system while unticking the option
"Download upgrades while installing" during the installation. And then
proceeded to do "sudo apt install build-essential gcc g++" and it worked
just fine. Then I did "sudo apt update ; sudo apt upgrade" and
everything is working fin
ok, that doesn't show anything that would explain the incompatibility.
How about apt policy g++-9?
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Status: Incomplete => New
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Cannot install build-essential on fresh Ubuntu 20.04.2 installat
Ok, here is all the information you requested:
$ dpkg -l gcc
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Descript
You showed the output of 'gcc --version' which is but what I'm asking
for, I'm asking for the version down in 'dpkg -l gcc' which is
different.
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The version of gcc has been indicated in the initial bug report, please read it.
The output of 'apt policy g++' will be produced when I boot into that
installation.
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When this problem is reproduced, what version of gcc is installed and
what does 'apt policy g++' show?
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Status: New => Incomplete
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Oh, I have some good news. I just couldn't believe that Ubuntu 20 is so
badly broken that it is impossible to compile anything (surely, it would
be noticed by someone!) so I installed it in a VM inside the VirtualBox
and "build-essential" was installable without any problems (and gcc
compiles progr
Just wanted to add that it is not just build-essential, but lots of
other packages required for development that cannot be installed, e.g.
this:
sudo apt-get install libwxbase3.0-dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages coul
Also, I confirm that there are no held packages, i.e. dpkg --get-
selections | grep hold shows nothing.
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I have indicated in the bug report that I have done "sudo apt update ;
sudo apt upgrade", so, yes the package lists have been updated, of
course.
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And yes, I have executed the "apport-collect 1920753" as you suggested.
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Status: Incomplete => New
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I suspect a Support site would be more appropriate, eg.
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu. You can
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