Ubuntu – Can’t install libpcre3-dev

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I am trying to install libpcre3-dev but it gives me the follwing error:

The following packages have unmet dependencies: libpcre3-dev :
Depends: libpcre3 (= 2:8.38-3.1) but 2:8.39-1+deb.sury.org~trusty+1 is to be
installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

The 2:8.39-1+deb.sury.org~trusty+1 is from an 'old' ppa (ondrej), so I took a fresh and new Sources.list.

I had the same issue with php7.0-dev and ended up uninstalling php7.0 and installing it from the official repos.

Now when I want to remove libpcre3 it wants to remove nearly all of my packages? Is there another way to "change" the libpcre3 package to the "official" one?

I also tried this, with no luck

Best Answer

Use

sudo apt-get install libpcre3=2:8.38-3.1 libpcre3-dev=2:8.38-3.1

to force apt-get to install version 2:8.38-3.1 of those packages.

Warning: Only use this this if you are really sure you want to install version 2:8.38-3.1 (the version from the official Ubuntu 16.04 repository) of the packages libpcre3 and libpcre3-dev.

If you are not running Ubuntu 16.04 you should change the version number to the version you actually want to install.

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