# Zeek 6.0.3 Binary Package Install on Ubuntu 22.04 Breaks apt Dependencies **URL:** \ **Category:** Zeek\ **Tags:** installation\ **Created:** [April 29, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/zeek-6-0-3-binary-package-install-on-ubuntu-22-04-breaks-apt-dependencies/7348 "2024-04-29T13:34:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mayara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@Mayara](https://community.zeek.org/u/Mayara)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/zeek-6-0-3-binary-package-install-on-ubuntu-22-04-breaks-apt-dependencies/7348/1 "2024-04-29T13:34:25Z")
Hello, I was trying to install Zeek 6.0.3 in Ubuntu 22.04 using binary packages and following the instructions of the official documentation. However, I was unable to conclude the process of installation. After that, I successfully installed Zeek 6.0.3 following the instructions of [this blog post](https://cybertoolguardian.blogspot.com/2023/09/zeek-installation-in-ubuntu.html), which has instructions for installing from the source. I deleted all files related to Zeek before installing from source. However, when I try to install other softwares, for instance, I ran _sudo apt install autoconf_, and i got this response: _Reading package lists… Done_ _Building dependency tree… Done_ _Reading state information… Done_ _You might want to run ‘apt --fix-broken install’ to correct these._ _The following packages have unmet dependencies:_ - zeek-6.0-core-dev : Depends: libbroker-6.0-dev (= 6.0.3-0) but it is not going to be installed\* _E: Unmet dependencies. Try ‘apt --fix-broken install’ with no packages (or specify a solution)._ When I try to run _sudo apt --fix-broken install_, I get this response: _Preparing to unpack …/libbroker-6.0-dev\_6.0.3-0\_amd64.deb …_ _Unpacking libbroker-6.0-dev (6.0.3-0) …_ _dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libbroker-6_ _.0-dev\_6.0.3-0\_amd64.deb (–unpack):_ - trying to overwrite ‘/opt/zeek/include/broker/address.hh’, which \* _is also in package libbroker-lts-dev 6.0.3-0_ _dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pip_ _e)_ _Errors were encountered while processing:_ - /var/cache/apt/archives/libbroker-6.0-dev\_6.0.3-0\_amd64.deb\* _E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)_ So, I may be wrong, but it seems that there is a directory error, since the system tries to access _/opt/zeek_ , but the Zeek files are located in _/usr/local/zeek_. How could I solve this issue? I would like to try to solve the issue over installing Zeek again from source, since this process can take a really long while. Any help would be greatly appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![johanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@johanna](https://community.zeek.org/u/johanna)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/zeek-6-0-3-binary-package-install-on-ubuntu-22-04-breaks-apt-dependencies/7348/2 "2024-04-29T13:47:08Z")
Hi, it seems like you have been trying to install conflicting Zeek packages. You can either install the zeek, zeek-6.0, or the zeek-lts package - but they cannot be installed simultaneously. Try removing the “libbroker-lts-dev” package, which conflicts with “libbroker-6.0-dev” and then try the apt fixing operation again. This partially is my fault - this shows that there is insufficient flagging between some conflicting Zeek packages. I will try to add these conflicts to the package - which might make these kind of errors auto-fixable by apt. ---
**Author:** ![Mayara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@Mayara](https://community.zeek.org/u/Mayara)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/zeek-6-0-3-binary-package-install-on-ubuntu-22-04-breaks-apt-dependencies/7348/3 "2024-04-29T15:09:35Z")
> [@johanna](#): > > libbroker-lts-dev I just tried to run _sudo apt remove libbroker-lts-dev_, still I got the error response: _You might want to run ‘apt --fix-broken install’ to correct these._ _The following packages have unmet dependencies:_ - zeek-6.0-core-dev : Depends: libbroker-6.0-dev (= 6.0.3-0) but it is not going to be installed\* _E: Unmet dependencies. Try ‘apt --fix-broken install’ with no packages (or specify a solution)._ I also tried to delete manually the files related to libbroker-lts-dev, however the error message persisted. ---
**Author:** ![johanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@johanna](https://community.zeek.org/u/johanna)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/zeek-6-0-3-binary-package-install-on-ubuntu-22-04-breaks-apt-dependencies/7348/4 "2024-04-29T15:33:20Z")
Did you try `apt --fix-broken install` again after removing libbroker-lts-dev? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mayara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@Mayara](https://community.zeek.org/u/Mayara)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2024, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/zeek-6-0-3-binary-package-install-on-ubuntu-22-04-breaks-apt-dependencies/7348/5 "2024-04-29T16:07:08Z")
I did, however the error persisted 😭 I think that installing Zeek again may not be the sollution, since i was unable to install from binary packages and if I install from source again the error will persist, because is related to the directory which contains Zeek files. _Preparing to unpack …/libbroker-6.0-dev\_6.0.3-0\_amd64.deb …_ _Unpacking libbroker-6.0-dev (6.0.3-0) …_ _dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libbroker-6.0-dev\_6.0.3-0_ _\_amd64.deb (–unpack):_ - trying to overwrite ‘/opt/zeek/include/broker/address.hh’, which is also in pac\* _kage libbroker-lts-dev 6.0.3-0_ _dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)_ _Errors were encountered while processing:_ - /var/cache/apt/archives/libbroker-6.0-dev\_6.0.3-0\_amd64.deb\* _E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)_ ---
**Author:** ![johanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@johanna](https://community.zeek.org/u/johanna)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 9:37am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/zeek-6-0-3-binary-package-install-on-ubuntu-22-04-breaks-apt-dependencies/7348/6 "2024-04-30T09:37:30Z")
This looks very much like `libbroker-lts-dev` is still installed :). Could you try removing it again, and perhaps also doing an `apt autoremove`. I can also try to update the -lts packages to make this kind of error less likely, but it will take me a couple of days. ---
**Author:** ![Mayara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@Mayara](https://community.zeek.org/u/Mayara)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2024, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/zeek-6-0-3-binary-package-install-on-ubuntu-22-04-breaks-apt-dependencies/7348/7 "2024-04-30T12:16:12Z")
The problem is solved! 🎉 I was trying to remove libbroker-lts-dev using the command _sudo apt remove libbroker-lts-dev_, but the depency-related error persisted, however, I successfully removed the package executing _sudo dpkg --remove --force-depends libbroker-lts-dev_. Now I am able to install other programs. Thank you for your help! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/zeek/original/1X/f09d732bc2cc7c7cc7e35db67cf4e1d5233ce7a7.png) [@system](https://community.zeek.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 8:30pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/zeek-6-0-3-binary-package-install-on-ubuntu-22-04-breaks-apt-dependencies/7348/8 "2026-04-20T20:30:39Z")
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