[Bug]: Package 'libasound2' has no installation candidate

[super-dainiu]

Is there an existing issue for the same bug?

• [X] I have checked the troubleshooting document at https://opendevin.github.io/OpenDevin/modules/usage/troubleshooting
• [X] I have checked the existing issues.

Describe the bug

I encountered the following issue when I was trying to build OpenDevin from the source.

Current Version

Latest git version

Installation and Configuration

I am currently using Ubuntu 24.04

Model and Agent

No response

Reproduction Steps

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Logs, Errors, Screenshots, and Additional Context

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[SmartManoj]

Run apt-get update

What does "Package has no installation candidate" mean?

[super-dainiu]

Run apt-get update

What does "Package has no installation candidate" mean?

This is not working. However, I found this solution.

https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/30368#issuecomment-2106186786

[SmartManoj]

But is the playwright worked without its dependencies?

[super-dainiu]

I think so. At least the installation was successful.

[SmartManoj]

You installed the playwright node package and not the python package.

[super-dainiu]

You are right! I did not install playwright successfully. It may not be working on Ubuntu 24.04.

[mamoodi]

@super-dainiu can you check if this is still an issue with the latest main? When I ran the development mode, had to install python 3.11, otherwise it did not work.

[SmartManoj]

The package is now supported.

[SmartManoj]

Seems it's for NodeJS only. https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/30368#issuecomment-2157619258

[tobitege]

I had similar trouble recently related to installing playwright.

If one tries to manually install it, you get a newer version, that has different dependencies, is my understanding. OpenDevin's poetry has a specific restriction for that: playwright = ">=1.32,<1.40"

If manually installed, uninstall it completely, including folder references or whatever exists. Then I think running poetry install should install playwright with the correct version.

I'm not a Linux guy, so bear with me if I'm mixing something up here, I don't remember all the loops to jump through till it was fixed.

[khushvind]

@SmartManoj Any idea how it'll work?
I am facing the same error. I am using Ubuntu-24.04, do I need to redo the whole setup using Ubuntu-22.04?

[tobitege]

@SmartManoj Any idea how it'll work? I am facing the same error. I am using Ubuntu-24.04, do I need to redo the whole setup using Ubuntu-22.04?

what happens if you try this? IF it installs it, try make build again: sudo apt install libasound2

[khushvind]

I again get an error.

I used both of them to install. Still didn't work.

[SmartManoj]

The libasound2 package exists

Could you provide the log for sudo apt install liboss4-salsa-asound2?

[tobitege]

I looked at that package, too, but that on my Ubuntu would've uninstalled half my KDE apps

[tobitege]

The libasound2 package exists

It doesn't exist as self-installable package, that is the problem

[khushvind]

I searched the internet, and it seems like this is a very common issue on Ubuntu-24.04. Didn't get any simple workaround. Anyway, I did the whole setup process again on Ubuntu-22.04, and it worked fine without any issues.

For now, I think Development.md should suggest newcomers who use WSL to do setup on Ubuntu-22.04, until the above problem gets solved.

[yufansong]

Problem solved. Close it.

[SmartManoj]

@khushvind Could you check libasound2-plugins? https://github.com/OpenDevin/OpenDevin/issues/2931#issue-2407783997

[khushvind]

Hey @SmartManoj, Sorry for the delayed response, was facing other issues with WSL Ubuntu24.04.

The issue with libasound2-plugins seems fixed now. Not getting any such error now.

[anaser-fts]

I'm on Ubuntu 24.04 and I get the same error

> sudo apt install libasound2
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Package libasound2 is a virtual package provided by:
  liboss4-salsa-asound2 4.2-build2020-1ubuntu3
  libasound2t64 1.2.11-1build2 (= 1.2.11-1build2)
You should explicitly select one to install.

E: Package 'libasound2' has no installation candidate

I ran sudo apt upgrade before trying to install the package but it didn't help.