Unmet dependencies while installing Git on Debian

Question

I am attempting to install git on Debian 8.6 Jessie and have run into some dependency issues. What's odd is that I didn't have any issues the few times I recently installed Git in a VM while I was getting used to Linux.

apt-get install git

Results in:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  git : Depends: liberror-perl but is not installable
        Recommends: rsync but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

UPDATE

my sources.list

Seems to be an issue with my system. I can no longer properly install anything. I'm getting dependency issues installing things like Pulseaudio which I've previously installed successfully a few days ago.

Answer 1

You should edit your sources.list , by adding the following line:

deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib

Then upgrade your package and install git:

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && apt-get dist-upgrade
apt-get -f install
apt-get install git

Edit

the following package git , liberror-perl and [rsync]3 can be downloaded from the main repo , because you don't have the main repo on your sources.list you cannot install git and its dependencies .

Your sources.list should be (with non-free packages):

deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free

deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib non-free

deb http://ftp.ca.debian.org/debian/ jessie-backports main contrib non-free

On debian Stretch your /etc/apt/sources.list should be (at least):

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch main
deb http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates main 
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates main

Answer 2

Try apt-get update && apt-get install git-core.

I found it in here.

Answer 3

sudo apt-get purge mongodb mongodb-server mongodb-server-core mongodb-clients
sudo apt-get purge mongodb-org
sudo apt-get autoremove

Use this code. It is working.

Answer 4

I fixed by only keeping in the sources.list these urls:

nano /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian jessie main

Then I run:

# ensure that the shared libraries are properly registered (also fixes some GCC/G++ errors)
sudo ldconfig

#check your package cache
sudo apt-get check

#update your package list
sudo apt-get update

#ensure package downloads were properly completed when the system last updated
sudo apt-get upgrade --fix-missing

#try to upgrade the system (sometimes an updated package version fixes the issue)
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

#try to reconfigure all applications that failed to install
sudo dpkg --configure -a

#try to fix broken packages
sudo apt-get install -f

Finally:

sudo apt-get install git

Answer 5

I just ran sudo apt update followed by sudo apt upgrade. After that, sudo apt install git worked fine.

Answer 6

There are several materials which I would like to solve problems in Debian Linux 10.

1. Linux (by terminal):
   uname -a
   uname -mrs
2. You should download suitable version of the git (here)
3. Try this command by terminal:
   sudo dpkg -i git_2.20.1-2_amd64.deb
4. If you faced the issues dependence problems (more):
   sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt install git_2.20.1-2_amd64.deb --reinstall

5. You should configure:
   cd /etc/apt/
nano sources.list
   (try open all_ )
   deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian jessie main

6. Just follow this structure:
   apt-update && apt search ^git

7. Next also following several command by the terminal:

   --> Make sure that the shared libraries are properly registered (also fixes some GCC/G++ errors)
   sudo ldconfig

   --> check your package cache
   sudo apt-get check

   --> You should update your package list here
   sudo apt-get update

   --> ensure package downloads were properly completed when the system last updated
   sudo apt-get upgrade --fix-missing

   --> try to upgrade the system (sometimes an updated package version fixes the issue)
   sudo apt-get upgrade
   sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

   --> Strive to reconfigure all applications that failed to install

   sudo dpkg --configure -a

   --> try to fix broken packages
   sudo apt-get install -f

8. Final Step is just giving processing:
   sudo apt-get install git.

Summary:
git is already the newest version (1:2.20.1-2).

You are successfully proceeding all steps.

Answer 7

I am new to linux environment so i was facing this issue and unable to find solution for myself. After reading from resources, this helped in my case:

1. Commented everything else in sources.list
2. Added just "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu 1 bionic main" line.

how to edit sources.list: click here

And the discussion i found usefull was Here