[Koha] Problem upgrading to 21.05: perlapi-5-24.1 is not available

[Mason James]

hi Fred
if you are attempting to upgrade to 21.05/olstable - your 'Candidate' values should match those below...


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$ arch
x86_64

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS
Release:    20.04
Codename:   focal

$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/koha.list
deb http://debian.koha-community.org/koha 21.05  main

$ sudo apt-get update

$ apt-cache policy koha-common
koha-common:
   Installed: 21.05.07-1
   Candidate: 21.05.07-1 <<<<<<<<<<
   Version table:
  *** 21.05.07-1 500
         500 http://debian.koha-community.org/koha 21.05/main amd64 Packages
         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

$ apt-cache policy libyaml-libyaml-perl
libyaml-libyaml-perl:
   Installed: 0.81+repack-1
   Candidate: 0.81+repack-1 <<<<<<<<<<
   Version table:
  *** 0.81+repack-1 500
         500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages
         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
      0.76+repack-1~bpo9+1 500
         500 http://debian.koha-community.org/koha 21.05/main amd64 Packages


On 9/12/21 5:06 am, King, Fred wrote:
> Esteemed Colleagues,
>
> I'm trying to upgrade my Koha instance from 20.11.01.000 to 21.05, or 21.11 if I can't do oldstable. I'm running it on Ubuntu 20.04LTS.
>
> Short description: the upgrade appears to need perlapi-5-24.1, but it's not available.
>
> Long description, my input is in (parentheses); system response is indented in courier:
> (while upgrading)
> E: Repository 'http://debian.koha-community.org/koha stable InRelease' changed its 'Codename' value from '20.11' to '21.11'
> N: This must be accepted explicitly before updates for this repository can be applied. See apt-secure(8) manpage for details.
> (so I typed: echo 'deb http://debian.koha-community.org/koha 21.05 main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/koha.list)
> (I also tried the above with 21.11)
> (apt-get install koha-common)
> koha-common: Depends: libyaml-libyaml-perl but it is not going to be installed
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
> (apt-get install libyaml-libyaml-perl)
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>    libyaml-libyaml-perl : Depends: perlapi-5.24.1 but it is not installable
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
> (apt-get install perlapi-5.24.1)
> Package perlapi-5-24.1 is not available, but it is referenced to by another package.
> This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source
> E: Package 'perlapi-5.24.1 has no installation candidate
> (locate perlapi)
> /usr/share/perl/5.26.1/pod/perlapi.pod (and a few others)
>
> I've searched the Wiki, Google, and elsewhere, but I haven't found an answer. However, I've been working mostly in my basement and have a bad case of Basement Brain. Could someone point me towards a solution?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Fred King, MSLS, AHIP
> Medical Librarian, MedStar Washington Hospital Center
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