Package 'libasound2' has no installation candidate on Ubuntu 24.04

[MikeMcC399]

Subject

Getting Started > Installing Cypress > Linux Prerequisites > Ubuntu/Debian

Description

Issue

Following the instructions Getting Started > Installing Cypress > Linux Prerequisites > Ubuntu/Debian on Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble Numbat) LTS for package installation:

apt-get install libgtk2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libgbm-dev libnotify-dev libnss3 libxss1 libasound2 libxtst6 xauth xvfb

results in the error:

E: Package 'libasound2' has no installation candidate

Steps to reproduce

Clean install Ubuntu 24.04 using a Desktop image and complete setup.

Open a terminal window and execute:

sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libgbm-dev libnotify-dev libnss3 libxss1 libasound2 libxtst6 xauth xvfb

Logs

$ sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-0 libgtk-3-0 libgbm-dev libnotify-dev libnss3 libxss1 libasound2 libxtst6 xauth xvfb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'libgtk2.0-0t64' instead of 'libgtk2.0-0'
Note, selecting 'libgtk-3-0t64' instead of 'libgtk-3-0'
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

Background

According to the Ubuntu 24.04 release notes in the section Year 2038 support for the armhf architecture

More than a thousand packages have been updated to handle time using a 64-bit value rather than a 32-bit one, making it possible to handle times up to 292 billion years in the future.

Ubuntu package references show the following

• Ubuntu alsa-lib package overview shows libasound2t64: "shared library for ALSA applications"
• Ubuntu gtk+2.0 package overview shows libgtk2.0-0t64: "GTK graphical user interface library - old version"
• Ubuntu gtk+3.0 package overview shows libgtk-3-0t64: "GTK graphical user interface library"

Suggestion

For Ubuntu 24.04 make the following changes

Package	Ubuntu < 24.04	Ubuntu >= 24.04
alsa-lib	libasound2	libasound2t64
gtk+2.0	libgtk2.0-0	libgtk2.0-0t64
gtk+3.0	libgtk-3-0	libgtk-3-0t64

The command for Ubuntu 24.04 and above, listed on Getting Started > Installing Cypress > Linux Prerequisites > Ubuntu/Debian, would then be:

apt-get install libgtk2.0-0t64 libgtk-3-0t64 libgbm-dev libnotify-dev libnss3 libxss1 libasound2t64 libxtst6 xauth xvfb

References

• Ubuntu wiki > List of releases
• Ubuntu 24.04 release notes
• Ubuntu alsa-lib package overview
• Ubuntu gtk+2.0 package overview
• Ubuntu gtk+3.0 package overview