i-MSCP 1.5.3 - libssl-dev package - Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages

    imSCP 1.5.3

    Debian 9

    PHP 7.1 fpm

    LetsEncrypt Plugin 3.5.0


    I can no longer install LetsEncrypt Plugin

    Code
    1. Plugin::LetsEncrypt::enable: E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. at /var/www/imscp/gui/plugins/LetsEncrypt/backend/LetsEncrypt.pm line 266.

    after re-run imscp updater I get following:

    Code
    1. The following packages have unmet dependencies:
    2. libssl-dev : Depends: libssl1.1 (= 1.1.0f-3+deb9u2) but 1.1.1-2+0~20181105132527.5+stretch~1.gbp90eb86 is to be installed

    Code
    1. libssl-dev=1.1.1-2+0~20181105132527.5+stretch~1.gbp90eb86


    I was able to install the package above, but the imscp installer/ updater does not accept the package


    when libssl1.1 was updated libssl-dev gets removed, seems to be a global imscp package sources problem ...

    Edited once, last by fulltilt ().

    fulltilt


    Yes ;) In current i-MSCP version, there is an uwanted APT pinning on the libssl-dev package, as on the openssl package. You can fix the problem by editing the /etc/apt/preferences.d/imscp file, removing the following stanza:

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    1. Package: openssl libssl-dev
    2. Pin: release o=Debian,n=stretch
    3. Pin-Priority: 1002

    This APT pinning is added by the i-MSCP installer, through distribution packages file. For instance, the autoinstaller/Packages/debian-stretch.xml distribution packages file for Debian Stretch inside the i-MSCP distribution archive comes with the following definition:

    XML
    1. <ssl
    2. pinning_package="openssl libssl-dev"
    3. pinning_pin="release o=Debian,n=stretch"
    4. pinning_pin_priority="1002"
    5. >
    6. <package>libssl-dev</package>
    7. <package>openssl</package>
    8. </ssl>


    If you want reconfigure or process a new i-MSCP installation (from distribution archive), you should first change the above statement by:

    XML
    1. <ssl>
    2. <package>libssl-dev</package>
    3. <package>openssl</package>
    4. </ssl>


    Ref: https://github.com/i-MSCP/imsc…s/debian-stretch.xml#L375


    This issue will be fixed in next release.

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  • Nuxwin

    Added the Label to be fixed

  • Nuxwin

    Changed the title of the thread from “LetsEncrypt Install Error” to “i-MSCP 1.5.3 - libssl-dev package - Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages”.

    fulltilt


    Could you please open an issue on our bug tracker? It is more easy for us to track and address issues through our bug tracker?


    Thanks you.

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    Great, Thank you for the quick solution!

    note: if libssl-dev was removed during a previous OS update you should re-install the package ;-)


  • Nuxwin

    Closed the thread.