Unable to install GRR on Ubuntu Xenial
jbuenoo opened this issue · comments
I've followed the guide to a T: https://grr-doc.readthedocs.io/en/v3.4.0/installing-grr-server/from-release-deb.html
This is a fresh install of Ubuntu running in Azure. Nothing additional was updated or installed.
When I try to install the .deb, I get the following:
root@grr-console:/home/grr-admin# sudo apt install -y ./grr-server_3.4.0-1_amd64.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'grr-server' instead of './grr-server_3.4.0-1_amd64.deb'
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:
grr-server : Depends: rpm but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Sorry, the docs were misleading on this one. GRR 3.4.0 has to be installed on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic. Updated the docs: google/grr-doc@29503e0
Closing for now, please reopen in case you have issues on Bionic too.
I just spun up a new VM with Bionic and unfortunately still having the same exact issue:
root@grr-console:/home/grr-admin# sudo apt install -y ./grr-server_3.4.0-1_amd64.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'grr-server' instead of './grr-server_3.4.0-1_amd64.deb'
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:
grr-server : Depends: rpm but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
root@grr-console:/home/grr-admin# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS
Release: 18.04
Codename: bionic
I could reproduce. This error happens on a vanilla Ubuntu 18 image. This has helped:
sudo apt-get update
@jonbornstein - can you please confirm that it helps in your case as well? I'll update the docs to explicitly mention this.
what does: dpkg --info grr-server_3.4.0-1_amd64.deb say regarding dependencies?
@mbushkov thanks, that did the trick! I can now load the console in a web browser.
Normally I would have run an update before installing, but when I did that on Ubuntu Xenial, it seemed to increase the errors I received.
what does: dpkg --info grr-server_3.4.0-1_amd64.deb say regarding dependencies?
never mind, @mbushkov explained rpm is a necessary dependency