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my Ubuntu isn't installing Balena Etcher #4331

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yahuda-sudo opened this issue Oct 7, 2024 · 2 comments
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my Ubuntu isn't installing Balena Etcher #4331

yahuda-sudo opened this issue Oct 7, 2024 · 2 comments

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@yahuda-sudo
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yahuda-sudo commented Oct 7, 2024

While installing Balena Etcher into my Ubuntu terminal I got an Error notice "Some packages could not be installed & requested an impossible situation" because the following packages have unmet dependencies:
balena-etcher : Depends: gconf-service but it is not installable
Depends: gconf2 but it is not installable
Depends: libgconf-2-4 but it is not installable
Do you have a recomended method or a quick solution for my problem ?

@Peter-MJ-Parker
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I got this same thing. I am on Ubuntu 24.04.1. Here's my workaround.

  • Add Ubuntu 22.04 sources to system
    sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jammy-sources.list
    In this file input the following:
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse

Save with CTRL + X, Enter, Y

  • Update packages
    sudo apt update

  • Install the three missing packages
    sudo apt install gconf-service gconf2 libgconf-2-4

  • Make sure root has direct access to the folder and file where you saved the .deb of balena-etcher

sudo chmod 644 /path/to/balena-etcher_1.19.21_amd64.deb
  • Install balena-etcher
    • Open the folder where the .deb file is located
    • Right click inside the folder and Open in Terminal
      sudo apt install ./balen-etcher_1.19.21_amd64.deb

Hope this works for you!

@lurch
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lurch commented Oct 9, 2024

This problem has already been reported a few times before https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+gconf2

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