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Error installing Rethinkdb on Linux mint (libprotobuf7 not installable)

I am trying to install rethinkdb on Linux Mint 18 Serena, I add the repository but when i execute the code:

sudo apt-get install rethinkdb

it throws this error:

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Solution

  • From this issue which is valid for Mint 18 Sarah, as Mint 18.1 Serena is based on xenial too, it should work :

    echo "deb http://download.rethinkdb.com/apt xenial main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rethinkdb.list

    Then as specified in redthinkdb installation instruction :

    wget -qO- https://download.rethinkdb.com/apt/pubkey.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install rethinkdb

    Looking at xenial package, it uses libprotobuf9v5, so you may have installed a wrong repository link :

    Package: rethinkdb
Version: 2.3.1~0xenial
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: RethinkDB <packaging@rethinkdb.com>
Installed-Size: 38533
Pre-Depends: adduser (>= 3.40), procps (>= 3.2)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libcurl3 (>= 7.16.2), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.4), libprotobuf9v5, libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.1d), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)

    Check /etc/apt/sources.list.d/rethinkdb.list file to make sure you have the xenial repo