[Bug 1516082] Re: Installing CouchDB 1.6.1 on Ubuntu 14.04 - problem with erlang-abi-15.b

[jimbojw]

Update: The conflict has to do with erlang-base and whether it's
manually installed.

Here is a better workaround. Instead of using aptitude to downgrade
erlang-base, remove all traces of couchdb and erlang, then install
couchdb.

Rough sequence of steps:

* apt-get remove couchdb couchdb-bin erlang-base erlang-base-hipe erlang-solutions
* apt-get install couchdb

After doing this, erlang-base will not be installed, and a bunch of
other erlang packages will be installed at version 1:16.b.3.

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Title:
  Installing CouchDB 1.6.1 on Ubuntu 14.04 - problem with erlang-
  abi-15.b

Status in erlang package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  System: Ubuntu version 14.04 on AMD-64

  Steps to reproduce: $ sudo apt-get install couchdb

  Expected: CouchDB version 1.6.1 installed.

  Actual: Blocked because couchdb-bin can't find the virtual package
  erlang-abi-15.b.

  Cause: The latest version of erlang-base (1:18.1) does not provide
  erlang-abi-15.b, on which couchdb-bin depends.

  Workaround: Downgrade erlang-base to 1:17.4 by using aptitude and
  rejecting its first suggestion.

  More details here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/696930/couchdb-
  unmet-dependencies-couchdb-bin-1-6-1-0ubuntu5-held-broken-package

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