[GRASS-user] Cannot re-install Grass 7.2

[Moritz Lennert]

On 16/02/18 15:01, Mira Kattwinkel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> qgis-plugin-grass depends on Grass 7.2, hence when I try to install it I
> get the following message:
> 
> mira at mira-mint ~ $ sudo apt-get install qgis-plugin-grass
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> 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:
>    qgis-plugin-grass : Depends: grass722 but it is not installable
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
> 
> I think I cannot fix this from the QGIS side.

You are right. This nees to be handled by the ubuntugis packagers. 
Unless you compile GRASS and QGIS on your own.

But do you really need the plugin ? You might be able to do what you 
want using the access to GRASS GIS commands via the Processing toolbox 
in QGIS.

Moritz