"unresolvable dependencies" when installing ddclient

[juliennn]

Hello everyone,

I'm a newbie at UBOS and Linux servers in general. Just bought and installed a UBOS Box.

When trying to install ddclient package (according to UBOS doc), I get the following error :

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[shepherd@ubosbox ~]$ sudo pacman -S ddclient
resolving dependencies...
warning: cannot resolve "perl-io-socket-inet6", a dependency of "ddclient"
warning: cannot resolve "perl-data-validate-ip", a dependency of "ddclient"
:: The following package cannot be upgraded due to unresolvable dependencies:
      ddclient

:: Do you want to skip the above package for this upgrade? [y/N] 

y return : " there is nothing to do"
N returns :

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error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: unable to satisfy dependency 'perl-io-socket-inet6' required by ddclient
:: unable to satisfy dependency 'perl-data-validate-ip' required by ddclient

I don't know how to install dependencies. In particular, is it possible to run apt-get on UBOS? Trying without success...

Thanks a lot for your valuable help,
Julien

[j12t]

This is a known problem: https://github.com/uboslinux/ubos-buildconfig/issues/75 and will be fixed in the next UBOS update. Sorry about that.

[juliennn]

Thank you very much for your help.

I allow myself an additional question linked to the first one: is it possible to run an apt-get command on UBOS? Or any alternative?

Thanks !
Julien

[j12t]

Yes. Given UBOS is based on Arch Linux, you are looking for "pacman" (not "apt").

Arch has some documentation here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pacman
It applies without change.

Just make sure you know what you are doing because if you were to remove packages, or install conflicting ones, for example, your current UBOS configuration may stop functioning, and we won't be able to support you.