# GNURadio Libraries

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnuradio-libraries/239212>\
**Category:** GNU Radio\
**Created:** [February 17, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnuradio-libraries/239212 "2014-02-17T19:33:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnuradio-libraries/239212/1 "2014-02-17T19:33:15Z")

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Hello,

I’ve been trying to install uhd+gnuradio in my ubuntu 12.04 but in the  
initial step i am unable to install libboost.  
I’ve tried to install it with the command:

_sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev_

and also tried to build it from _tar.gz_ and install from _synaptic_ but  
i  
am getting same error that:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:  
libboost-all-dev : Depends: libboost-dev but it is not going to be  
installed  
Depends: libboost-date-time-dev but it is not  
going to be installed  
Depends: libboost-filesystem-dev but it is not  
going to be installed  
Depends: libboost-graph-dev but it is not going to  
be installed  
Depends: libboost-graph-parallel-dev but it is not  
going to be installed  
Depends: libboost-iostreams-dev but it is not  
going to be installed  
Depends: libboost-math-dev but it is not going to  
be installed  
Depends: libboost-mpi-dev but it is not going to  
be installed  
Depends: libboost-mpi-python-dev but it is not  
going to be installed  
Depends: libboost-program-options-dev but it is  
not going to be installed  
Depends: libboost-python-dev but it is not going  
to be installed  
Depends: libboost-regex-dev but it is not going to  
be installed  
Depends: libboost-serialization-dev but it is not  
going to be installed  
Depends: libboost-signals-dev but it is not going  
to be installed  
Depends: libboost-system-dev but it is not going  
to be installed  
Depends: libboost-test-dev but it is not going to  
be installed  
Depends: libboost-thread-dev but it is not going  
to be installed  
Depends: libboost-wave-dev but it is not going to  
be installed  
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

I’ve tried all i knew but could not find any solution to this problem.  
Please help me in this regard.

Thanking in anticipation.

–  
_Usman A._

_Electrical (Telecom) Engineering_  
_National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)_

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**Author:** ![ajaonchat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@ajaonchat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ajaonchat)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnuradio-libraries/239212/2 "2014-02-17T19:53:51Z")

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Hello,

I’ve been trying to install uhd+gnuradio in my ubuntu 12.04 but in the  
initial step i am unable to install libboost.  
I’ve tried to install it with the command:

_sudo apt-get install libboost-all-dev_

and also tried to build it from _tar.gz_ and install from _synaptic_ but  
i  
am getting same error that:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:  
libboost-all-dev : Depends: libboost-dev but it is not going to be  
installed  
Depends: libboost-date-time-dev but it is not  
going to be installed  
Depends: libboost-filesystem-dev but it is not  
going to be installed  
Depends: libboost-graph-dev but it is not going to  
be installed  
Depends: libboost-graph-parallel-dev but it is not  
going to be installed  
Depends: libboost-iostreams-dev but it is not  
going to be installed  
Depends: libboost-math-dev but it is not going to  
be installed  
Depends: libboost-mpi-dev but it is not going to  
be installed  
Depends: libboost-mpi-python-dev but it is not  
going to be installed  
Depends: libboost-program-options-dev but it is  
not going to be installed  
Depends: libboost-python-dev but it is not going  
to be installed  
Depends: libboost-regex-dev but it is not going to  
be installed  
Depends: libboost-serialization-dev but it is not  
going to be installed  
Depends: libboost-signals-dev but it is not going  
to be installed  
Depends: libboost-system-dev but it is not going  
to be installed  
Depends: libboost-test-dev but it is not going to  
be installed  
Depends: libboost-thread-dev but it is not going  
to be installed  
Depends: libboost-wave-dev but it is not going to  
be installed  
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

I’ve tried all i knew but could not find any solution to this problem.  
Please help me in this regard.

Thanking in anticipation.

–  
_Usman A._

_Electrical (Telecom) Engineering_  
_National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)_

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**Author:** ![ajaonchat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@ajaonchat](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ajaonchat)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/gnuradio-libraries/239212/3 "2014-02-17T20:46:16Z")

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On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Usman A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> to be installed  
> Depends: libboost-python-dev but it is not going to be  
> installed
> 
> –  
> Usman A.  
> Electrical (Telecom) Engineering  
> National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)

Hi Usman,

My first step with this type of error is always to run apt-get install  
–fix-missing $packagename.

If that doesn’t work there’s a pretty length process of things to try  
in the selected answer of this question:  
[http://askubuntu.com/questions/140246/how-do-i-resolve-unmet-dependencies](http://askubuntu.com/questions/140246/how-do-i-resolve-unmet-dependencies)

Nathan
