unable to install puppetserver on ec2 ubuntu instance error: Some packages could not be installed

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I am trying to install Puppet server on an EC2 Ubuntu instance: If I try to install puppet-common: I tried purging puppet-common and reinstalling it. I have also tried sudo apt-get upgrade. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks. Answer Have you enabled the PuppetLabs package repositories? Depending on the version of Ubuntu your on, you should do something like this:

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Have you enabled the PuppetLabs package repositories? Depending on the version of Ubuntu your on, you should do something like this:curl https://apt.puppetlabs.com/puppetlabs-release-trusty.deb > /tmp/puppetlabs-release-trusty.debdpkg -i /tmp/puppetlabs-release-trusty.debapt-get updateapt-get -y install puppetserverI just span up a clean Trusty server and running this script worked for me:root@trustytest:~# bash install_puppet_server.sh  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed100  7384  100  7384    0     0   126k      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--  128k(Reading database ... 153167 files and directories currently installed.)Preparing to unpack .../puppetlabs-release-trusty.deb ...Unpacking puppetlabs-release (1.0-11) over (1.0-11) ...Setting up puppetlabs-release (1.0-11) ...Ign http://apt.puppetlabs.com trusty InRelease...trimmed for text limitIgn http://mirrors.digitalocean.com trusty/main Translation-en_USIgn http://mirrors.digitalocean.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en_USIgn http://mirrors.digitalocean.com trusty/restricted Translation-en_USIgn http://mirrors.digitalocean.com trusty/universe Translation-en_USReading package lists... DoneReading package lists... DoneBuilding dependency treeReading state information... DoneThe following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:  linux-headers-3.13.0-57 linux-headers-3.13.0-57-generic  linux-headers-3.13.0-61 linux-headers-3.13.0-61-generic  linux-image-3.13.0-57-generic linux-image-3.13.0-61-generic  linux-image-extra-3.13.0-57-generic linux-image-extra-3.13.0-61-genericUse 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.The following extra packages will be installed:  augeas-lenses ca-certificates-java debconf-utils facter fontconfig-config  fonts-dejavu-core hiera java-common libasyncns0 libaugeas-ruby libaugeas0  libavahi-client3 libavahi-common-data libavahi-common3 libcups2 libflac8  libfontconfig1 libjpeg-turbo8 libjpeg8 liblcms2-2 libnspr4 libnss3  libnss3-nssdb libogg0 libpulse0 libruby1.9.1 libsctp1 libsndfile1  libvorbis0a libvorbisenc2 lksctp-tools openjdk-7-jre-headless puppet  puppet-common ruby ruby-augeas ruby-json ruby-shadow ruby1.9.1 tzdata-java  virt-whatSuggested packages:  augeas-doc default-jre equivs augeas-tools cups-common liblcms2-utils  pulseaudio icedtea-7-jre-jamvm libnss-mdns sun-java6-fonts  fonts-dejavu-extra fonts-ipafont-gothic fonts-ipafont-mincho  ttf-wqy-microhei ttf-wqy-zenhei ttf-indic-fonts-core ttf-telugu-fonts  ttf-oriya-fonts ttf-kannada-fonts ttf-bengali-fonts puppet-el vim-puppet  ruby-selinux libselinux-ruby1.8 librrd-ruby1.9.1 librrd-ruby1.8 ri ruby-dev  ruby1.9.1-examples ri1.9.1 graphviz ruby1.9.1-devRecommended packages:  rdocThe following NEW packages will be installed:  augeas-lenses ca-certificates-java debconf-utils facter fontconfig-config  fonts-dejavu-core hiera java-common libasyncns0 libaugeas-ruby libaugeas0  libavahi-client3 libavahi-common-data libavahi-common3 libcups2 libflac8  libfontconfig1 libjpeg-turbo8 libjpeg8 liblcms2-2 libnspr4 libnss3  libnss3-nssdb libogg0 libpulse0 libruby1.9.1 libsctp1 libsndfile1  libvorbis0a libvorbisenc2 lksctp-tools openjdk-7-jre-headless puppet  puppet-common puppetserver ruby ruby-augeas ruby-json ruby-shadow ruby1.9.1  tzdata-java virt-what0 upgraded, 42 newly installed, 0 to remove and 67 not upgraded.Need to get 89.8 MB of archives.After this operation, 143 MB of additional disk space will be used.Get:1 http://apt.puppetlabs.com/ trusty/main facter all 2.4.6-1puppetlabs1 [73.3 kB]Get:2 http://apt.puppetlabs.com/ trusty/main hiera all 1.3.4-1puppetlabs1 [12.0 kB]Get:3 http://apt.puppetlabs.com/ trusty/main puppet-common all 3.8.6-1puppetlabs1 [1,269 kB]Get:4 http://apt.puppetlabs.com/ trusty/main puppet all 3.8.6-1puppetlabs1 [9,310 B]Get:5 http://apt.puppetlabs.com/ trusty/main puppetserver all 1.1.3-1puppetlabs1 [41.7 MB]Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/brightbox/ruby-ng/ubuntu/ trusty/main libruby1.9.1 amd64 1:1.9.3.551-2bbox1~trusty1 [2,962 kB]Get:7 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main libasyncns0 amd64 0.8-4ubuntu2 [11.9 kB]Get:8 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main libavahi-common-data amd64 0.6.31-4ubuntu1 [21.2 kB]Get:9 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main libavahi-common3 amd64 0.6.31-4ubuntu1 [21.7 kB]Get:10 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main libavahi-client3 amd64 0.6.31-4ubuntu1 [25.1 kB]Get:11 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main libcups2 amd64 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.7 [179 kB]Get:12 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main libogg0 amd64 1.3.1-1ubuntu1 [17.0 kB]Get:13 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main libflac8 amd64 1.3.0-2ubuntu0.14.04.1 [80.2 kB]Get:14 http://ppa.launchpad.net/brightbox/ruby-ng/ubuntu/ trusty/main ruby1.9.1 amd64 1:1.9.3.551-2bbox1~trusty1 [236 kB]Get:15 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main fonts-dejavu-core all 2.34-1ubuntu1 [1,024 kB]Get:16 http://mirrors.digitalocean.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main fontconfig-config all 2.11.0-0ubuntu4.1 [47.4 kB]   ...trimmed for text limitProcessing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ...Hey presto, installed!root@trustytest:~# puppetserver --versionpuppetserver version: 1.1.3

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