failed install on Ubuntu 16.04

[Bill Daniels]

I'm going to try a reformat of the drive and a new clean install of ubuntu 16.04 to see if that fixes it.

[triplus]

Before you go through such drastic procedure enable all available options under Ubuntu Software tab:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repos ... ftware_Tab

And check if you have stable, daily or both FreeCAD PPA listed and enabled under other software tab:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repos ... ftware_Tab

After you do all that likely:

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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get install freecad freecad-daily

Should do.

[Bill Daniels]

OK, slick brand new ubuntu install on reformatted SSD.
Then:

billdan@billdan-HP-xw6600-Workstation:~$ sudo apt-get update
Ign:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease
Hit:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
Hit:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease
Hit:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Hit:6 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release
Hit:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/freecad-mainta ... ily/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/freecad-mainta ... ble/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:9 http://ppa.launchpad.net/graphics-drivers/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Hit:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net/jfi/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
billdan@billdan-HP-xw6600-Workstation:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
billdan@billdan-HP-xw6600-Workstation:~$ sudo apt-get install freecad freecad-daily
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:
freecad : Depends: python-pivy but it is not installable
Depends: python-pyside.qtcore but it is not installable
Depends: python-pyside.qtsvg but it is not installable
Depends: python-pyside.qtuitools but it is not installable
Depends: libboost-python1.58.0 but it is not installable
Depends: libboost-signals1.58.0 but it is not installable
Depends: libcoin80v5 but it is not installable
Depends: libnglib-4.9.13 but it is not installable
Depends: liboce-foundation10 but it is not installable
Depends: liboce-modeling10 but it is not installable
Depends: liboce-ocaf-lite10 but it is not installable
Depends: liboce-ocaf10 but it is not installable
Depends: liboce-visualization10 but it is not installable
Depends: libqtwebkit4 but it is not installable
Depends: libshiboken1.2v5 (>= 1.1.0) but it is not installable
Depends: libspnav0 (>= 0.2.2) but it is not installable
Depends: libxerces-c3.1 but it is not installable
Depends: libzipios++0v5 but it is not installable
Recommends: calculix-ccx but it is not installable
Recommends: graphviz
freecad-daily : Depends: python-matplotlib but it is not installable
Depends: python-pivy but it is not installable
Depends: python-pyside.qtcore but it is not installable
Depends: python-pyside.qtsvg but it is not installable
Depends: python-pyside.qtuitools but it is not installable
Depends: libboost-python1.58.0 but it is not installable
Depends: libboost-signals1.58.0 but it is not installable
Depends: libcoin80v5 but it is not installable
Depends: libmedc1v5 but it is not installable
Depends: libnglib-4.9.13 but it is not installable
Depends: liboce-foundation10 but it is not installable
Depends: liboce-modeling10 but it is not installable
Depends: liboce-ocaf-lite10 but it is not installable
Depends: liboce-ocaf10 but it is not installable
Depends: liboce-visualization10 but it is not installable
Depends: libqtwebkit4 but it is not installable
Depends: libshiboken1.2v5 (>= 1.1.0) but it is not installable
Depends: libspnav0 (>= 0.2.2) but it is not installable
Depends: libvtk6.2 but it is not installable
Depends: libxerces-c3.1 but it is not installable
Depends: libzipios++0v5 but it is not installable
Recommends: calculix-ccx but it is not installable
Recommends: graphviz
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

All other included packages like LibreOffice and FireFox work perfectly.

[Bill Daniels]

BTW, Ubuntu Software says FreeCad is installed but the Dash says not.

[Bill Daniels]

OK, success!

I unwrapped a brand new Kingson Hyper-X SSD and installed ubuntu on it. Now Freecad installs as advertised. Apparently, ubuntu keeps your "data" when it's re-installed so missing files stay missing. One only gets a truly 'clean' install on a freshly formatted drive.

[triplus]

Good to hear you sorted it out.

P.S. And i remembered years back when i started using Ubuntu i sometimes went down the same path. Instead of fixing manageable issues i rather reinstalled Ubuntu.