So I was trying to install ROS Indigo on ubuntu 13.1 but I keep getting the following error:
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:
ros-indigo-desktop-full : Depends: ros-indigo-desktop but it is not going to be installed
Depends: ros-indigo-perception but it is not going to be installed
Depends: ros-indigo-simulators but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Any help would be appreciated.
Originally posted by meep on ROS Answers with karma: 1 on 2016-02-17
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Original comments
Comment by ahendrix on 2016-02-17:
Ubuntu 13.10 is no longer supported by Ubuntu, and because of that, ROS has stopped supporting it. Can you upgrade to Ubuntu 14.04, which is the long-term supported version?
Comment by meep on 2016-02-18:
I can upgrade but there is no other way to install ROS on 13.1 correct?
Comment by meep on 2016-02-18:
Would installing it from source be any different?
Comment by ahendrix on 2016-02-18:
You can try installing from source or you can try to resolve the dependency issues yourself. Unfortunately, there isn't enough information in the error messages from apt to help you resolve issues here.