[Qgis-user] Ubuntu 16.04 dependency problem (qgis-2.18.9 and python-sip)

[Andre Joost]

Am 06.06.2017 um 11:06 schrieb SaekBinko:
> Hello,
>
> I updated my OS, and my system now has dependency problem. I think the
> problem is with python-sip package. python-sip was updated (to python-sip
> (4.19.2+dfsg-1+16.04+xenial+build3) and python3-sip
> (4.19.2+dfsg-1+16.04+xenial+build3)), and QGIS (2.18.9) has been removed
> automatically...
>
> When I want to install qgis terminal shows me, that I need to install
> python-qgis. So, when I want to install python-qgis, terminal tells me, that
> I need to install python-qscintilla2 and sip-api-11.2. And this is the end
> of my journey, because sip-api is virtual package of python-sip, which has
> been updated.
>

I wonder where you got that python-sip from. The main ubuntu repo has 
4.17, and that works with the latest QGIS builds for me.

Try apt-cache policy python-sip to see which versions are available for 
you. I see version 4.19.2 only in Debian experimental.

HTH,
André Joost