Installing rabbitmq-server fails #4946

tobiasamft · 2022-06-01T12:30:23Z

tobiasamft
Jun 1, 2022

The installation script taken from https://www.rabbitmq.com/install-debian.html#apt-packagecloud fails with:

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:
 rabbitmq-server : Depends: erlang-base (< 1:25.0) but 1:25.0-1rmq1ppa1~ubuntu20.04.1 is to be installed or
                            erlang-base-hipe (< 1:25.0) but it is not going to be installed or
                            esl-erlang (< 1:25.0) but it is not installable
                   Depends: erlang-crypto (< 1:25.0) but 1:25.0-1rmq1ppa1~ubuntu20.04.1 is to be installed or
                            esl-erlang (< 1:25.0) but it is not installable
                   Depends: erlang-eldap (< 1:25.0) but 1:25.0-1rmq1ppa1~ubuntu20.04.1 is to be installed or
                            esl-erlang (< 1:25.0) but it is not installable
                   Depends: erlang-inets (< 1:25.0) but 1:25.0-1rmq1ppa1~ubuntu20.04.1 is to be installed or
                            esl-erlang (< 1:25.0) but it is not installable
                   Depends: erlang-mnesia (< 1:25.0) but 1:25.0-1rmq1ppa1~ubuntu20.04.1 is to be installed or
                            esl-erlang (< 1:25.0) but it is not installable
                   Depends: erlang-os-mon (< 1:25.0) but 1:25.0-1rmq1ppa1~ubuntu20.04.1 is to be installed or
                            esl-erlang (< 1:25.0) but it is not installable
                   Depends: erlang-parsetools (< 1:25.0) but 1:25.0-1rmq1ppa1~ubuntu20.04.1 is to be installed or
                            esl-erlang (< 1:25.0) but it is not installable
                   Depends: erlang-public-key (< 1:25.0) but 1:25.0-1rmq1ppa1~ubuntu20.04.1 is to be installed or
                            esl-erlang (< 1:25.0) but it is not installable
                   Depends: erlang-runtime-tools (< 1:25.0) but 1:25.0-1rmq1ppa1~ubuntu20.04.1 is to be installed or
                            esl-erlang (< 1:25.0) but it is not installable
                   Depends: erlang-ssl (< 1:25.0) but 1:25.0-1rmq1ppa1~ubuntu20.04.1 is to be installed or
                            esl-erlang (< 1:25.0) but it is not installable
                   Depends: erlang-syntax-tools (< 1:25.0) but 1:25.0-1rmq1ppa1~ubuntu20.04.1 is to be installed or
                            esl-erlang (< 1:25.0) but it is not installable
                   Depends: erlang-tools (< 1:25.0) but 1:25.0-1rmq1ppa1~ubuntu20.04.1 is to be installed or
                            esl-erlang (< 1:25.0) but it is not installable
                   Depends: erlang-xmerl (< 1:25.0) but 1:25.0-1rmq1ppa1~ubuntu20.04.1 is to be installed or
                            esl-erlang (< 1:25.0) but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

I reproduced it on a fresh AWS t3.small instance with Ubuntu 20.04.
This came unexpected since I was able to install RabbitMQ 3.10.2 with Erlang 24.3.4 a few weeks ago.

The script taken from https://www.rabbitmq.com/install-debian.html#apt-packagecloud is the following:

#!/usr/bin/sh

sudo apt-get install curl gnupg apt-transport-https -y

## Team RabbitMQ's main signing key
curl -1sLf "https://keys.openpgp.org/vks/v1/by-fingerprint/0A9AF2115F4687BD29803A206B73A36E6026DFCA" | sudo gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/com.rabbitmq.team.gpg > /dev/null
## Launchpad PPA that provides modern Erlang releases
curl -1sLf "https://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xf77f1eda57ebb1cc" | sudo gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/net.launchpad.ppa.rabbitmq.erlang.gpg > /dev/null
## PackageCloud RabbitMQ repository
curl -1sLf "https://packagecloud.io/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/gpgkey" | sudo gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/io.packagecloud.rabbitmq.gpg > /dev/null

## Add apt repositories maintained by Team RabbitMQ
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rabbitmq.list <<EOF
## Provides modern Erlang/OTP releases
##
## "focal" as distribution name should work for any reasonably recent Ubuntu or Debian release.
## See the release to distribution mapping table in RabbitMQ doc guides to learn more.
deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/net.launchpad.ppa.rabbitmq.erlang.gpg] http://ppa.launchpad.net/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-erlang/ubuntu focal main
deb-src [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/net.launchpad.ppa.rabbitmq.erlang.gpg] http://ppa.launchpad.net/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-erlang/ubuntu focal main

## Provides RabbitMQ
##
## "focal" as distribution name should work for any reasonably recent Ubuntu or Debian release.
## See the release to distribution mapping table in RabbitMQ doc guides to learn more.
deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/io.packagecloud.rabbitmq.gpg] https://packagecloud.io/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/ubuntu/ focal main
deb-src [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/io.packagecloud.rabbitmq.gpg] https://packagecloud.io/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/ubuntu/ focal main
EOF

## Update package indices
sudo apt-get update -y

## Install Erlang packages
sudo apt-get install -y erlang-base \
                        erlang-asn1 erlang-crypto erlang-eldap erlang-ftp erlang-inets \
                        erlang-mnesia erlang-os-mon erlang-parsetools erlang-public-key \
                        erlang-runtime-tools erlang-snmp erlang-ssl \
                        erlang-syntax-tools erlang-tftp erlang-tools erlang-xmerl

## Install rabbitmq-server and its dependencies
sudo apt-get install rabbitmq-server -y --fix-missing

The expectation would be that the install script taken from https://www.rabbitmq.com/install-debian.html#apt-packagecloud runs successfully.

michaelklishin · 2022-06-01T13:52:02Z

michaelklishin
Jun 1, 2022
Maintainer

Same question as #4946. There were no changes to Erlang packages on Cloudsmith. There were to Launchpad after Erlang 25.0 was published: it now only provides Erlang 25 (this is how Launchpad works) and RabbitMQ Debian packages do not list 25 as supported.

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michaelklishin Jun 1, 2022
Maintainer

We are working on a new patch release that would make Debian packages support 25.0.

You can, in the meantime:

Install from Cloudsmith
Pin Erlang version to 24.3 to avoid such surprises next year when Erlang 26 comes out

michaelklishin · 2022-06-02T07:24:21Z

michaelklishin
Jun 2, 2022
Maintainer

A new round of releases listed Erlang 25 as supported in Debian package metadata.

I cannot reproduce any failures or dependency conflicts using these two sets of steps:

#!/bin/sh

sudo apt-get install curl gnupg debian-keyring debian-archive-keyring apt-transport-https -y

## Team RabbitMQ's main signing key
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver "hkps://keys.openpgp.org" --recv-keys "0x0A9AF2115F4687BD29803A206B73A36E6026DFCA"
## Cloudsmith: modern Erlang repository
curl -1sLf https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-erlang/gpg.E495BB49CC4BBE5B.key | sudo apt-key add -
## Cloudsmith: RabbitMQ repository
curl -1sLf https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/gpg.9F4587F226208342.key | sudo apt-key add -

## Add apt repositories maintained by Team RabbitMQ
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rabbitmq.list <<EOF
## Provides modern Erlang/OTP releases
##
deb https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-erlang/deb/ubuntu bionic main
deb-src https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-erlang/deb/ubuntu bionic main

## Provides RabbitMQ
##
deb https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/deb/ubuntu bionic main
deb-src https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/deb/ubuntu bionic main
EOF

## Update package indices
sudo apt-get update -y

## Install Erlang packages
sudo apt-get install -y erlang-base \
                        erlang-asn1 erlang-crypto erlang-eldap erlang-ftp erlang-inets \
                        erlang-mnesia erlang-os-mon erlang-parsetools erlang-public-key \
                        erlang-runtime-tools erlang-snmp erlang-ssl \
                        erlang-syntax-tools erlang-tftp erlang-tools erlang-xmerl

## Install rabbitmq-server and its dependencies
sudo apt-get install rabbitmq-server -y --fix-missing

#!/usr/bin/sh

sudo apt-get install curl gnupg apt-transport-https -y

## Team RabbitMQ's main signing key
curl -1sLf "https://keys.openpgp.org/vks/v1/by-fingerprint/0A9AF2115F4687BD29803A206B73A36E6026DFCA" | sudo gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/com.rabbitmq.team.gpg > /dev/null
## Launchpad PPA that provides modern Erlang releases
curl -1sLf "https://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xf77f1eda57ebb1cc" | sudo gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/net.launchpad.ppa.rabbitmq.erlang.gpg > /dev/null
## PackageCloud RabbitMQ repository
curl -1sLf "https://packagecloud.io/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/gpgkey" | sudo gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/io.packagecloud.rabbitmq.gpg > /dev/null

## Add apt repositories maintained by Team RabbitMQ
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rabbitmq.list <<EOF
## Provides modern Erlang/OTP releases
##
## "bionic" as distribution name should work for any reasonably recent Ubuntu or Debian release.
## See the release to distribution mapping table in RabbitMQ doc guides to learn more.
deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/net.launchpad.ppa.rabbitmq.erlang.gpg] http://ppa.launchpad.net/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-erlang/ubuntu bionic main
deb-src [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/net.launchpad.ppa.rabbitmq.erlang.gpg] http://ppa.launchpad.net/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-erlang/ubuntu bionic main

## Provides RabbitMQ
##
## "bionic" as distribution name should work for any reasonably recent Ubuntu or Debian release.
## See the release to distribution mapping table in RabbitMQ doc guides to learn more.
deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/io.packagecloud.rabbitmq.gpg] https://packagecloud.io/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/ubuntu/ bionic main
deb-src [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/io.packagecloud.rabbitmq.gpg] https://packagecloud.io/rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server/ubuntu/ bionic main
EOF

## Update package indices
sudo apt-get update -y

## Install Erlang packages
sudo apt-get install -y erlang-base \
                        erlang-asn1 erlang-crypto erlang-eldap erlang-ftp erlang-inets \
                        erlang-mnesia erlang-os-mon erlang-parsetools erlang-public-key \
                        erlang-runtime-tools erlang-snmp erlang-ssl \
                        erlang-syntax-tools erlang-tftp erlang-tools erlang-xmerl

## Install rabbitmq-server and its dependencies
sudo apt-get install rabbitmq-server -y --fix-missing

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tobiasamft Jun 2, 2022
Author

I can confirm that everything works as expected now. Thanks so much for your support on this issue.

michaelklishin · 2025-03-12T15:54:14Z

michaelklishin
Mar 12, 2025
Maintainer

Hijacking existing 2-3 year old issues is not appreciated. Neither are one sentence long "problem statements". So a few "similar questions' were deleted.

Please open a new discussion with all the relevant details or seek RabbitMQ help elsewhere.

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