Unmet dependencies during APT GDB install

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When I install GDB with apt command, I get unmet dependencies.


  • Parrot version in use (if you are not aware of it, open terminal and type cat /etc/os-release | grep VERSION):
    Parrot OS 5.3

  • Kernel version (if you are not aware of it, open terminal and type uname -r):

6.1.0-1parrot1-amd64

  • Logs/Terminal output (use pastebin or similar services):
    sudo apt install gdb
    Reading package lists… Done
    Building dependency tree… Done
    Reading state information… Done
    Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
    requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
    distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
    or been moved out of Incoming.
    The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libdebuginfod1 : Depends: libelf1 (= 0.183-1) but 0.187-1~bpo11+1 is to be installed
Depends: libdw1 (= 0.183-1) but 0.187-1~bpo11+1 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

  • Screenshots:

try…
sudo apt update
sudo apt --fix-broken install
sudo apt-get -f install

Hi Brickwizard, it didn’t help. The result is the same. All yours recommended commands were executed with no errors or warnings.

Solved by installing packages from debian 11 repository.

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