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For like two weeks now I see that gir1.2-mutter-10 and libmutter-10-0 have updates that are held back, but any attempt to install them fails. Even more, when simply trying to install them, I get error messages that are simply ridiculous. Apt claims that e.g. gir1.2-mutter-10 depends on libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.24.24) which isn't installable (but 3.24.33 is already installed). Those errors simply make no sense. Also, neither apt full-upgrade, nor apt dist-upgrade solve it, which normally install held back packages. Same with apt install -f. Sadly there's no support whatsoever on the Pop OS Reddit even after multiple users posting about that exact issue.

Here is the output of trying to install gir1.2-mutter-10 from a few weeks back. It's not translated to english, but I'd say it still makes it clear enough what problems apt claims to have. Has anybody any idea how to solve this without reinstalling Pop?

Richard Rosner
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4 Answers4

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Try these commands

sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt --fix-broken install
kkoceB
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This is what fixed it for me.

# purge old apt configuration files
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/
sudo apt clean; sudo apt autoclean

get fresh configuration files, resolve package conflicts


sudo apt update
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt --fix-broken install


and finally resume the upgrade


sudo apt upgrade -y
Daniel D'Souza
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It seems I never followed this one up with my solution. I ended up telling apt to do any changes it wants, even if they would break stuff. Then I kept uninstalling packages that threw errors until there wasn't any error left. It's been too long but it turned out there was some error in some apt list file, but I can't remember what exactly kept the update of some package (that wasn't ever mentioned before by apt) to not be found. One of the two packages mentioned in my OP depends on it indirectly, that's what caused the errors.

In the meantime I just got so sick and tired with Pop OS being more trouble than it was worth that I just kicked it from my system and installed Debian Testing. Far more stable and reliable. And since S76 rather works on yet another superfluous DE instead of giving it's users some basic stability first, it's even much more up to date while still being more stable and reliable. No more kernel updates breaking something.

Richard Rosner
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You have 2 options here:

  1. sudo apt install gir1.2-mutter-10 libmutter-10-0 mutter mutter-common
  2. reboot and issue apt dist-upgrade
Frantique
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