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Jami can't be installed in Debian Sid

Bug report

  • Platform: Linux

  • OS version: Debian Sid (aka unstable), as of 2024-08-03)

  • Jami version: 20240430.0~dfsg1-1

  • Distribution channel : Jami.net

  • Account-related devices: multiple

  • Can you reproduce the bug: at will

Steps to reproduce (STR):

  1. Follow the instructions at https://jami.net/download-jami-linux/
    • "Debian Unstable (64-bit)"
    • Option 1: install Jami from official repository
    • Stable release
  2. sudo apt install jami
  • Actual result:
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

Unsatisfied dependencies:
 jami-daemon : Depends: libvpx8 (>= 1.12.0) but it is not installable
 libqt-jami : Depends: libre2-10 (>= 20201101+dfsg) but it is not installable
Error: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
  • Expected result: Jami is installed

Relevant logs, screenshots or video :

$ sudo apt install jami
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

Unsatisfied dependencies:
 jami-daemon : Depends: libvpx8 (>= 1.12.0) but it is not installable
 libqt-jami : Depends: libre2-10 (>= 20201101+dfsg) but it is not installable
Error: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

$ sudo apt install libvpx8
Package libvpx8 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

Error: Package 'libvpx8' has no installation candidate

$ sudo apt install libre2-10
Package libre2-10 is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

Error: Package 'libre2-10' has no installation candidate

$ apt show jami
Package: jami
Version: 20240430.0~dfsg1-1
Priority: optional
Section: comm
Maintainer: The Jami project <jami@gnu.org>
Installed-Size: 29,7 MB
Provides: jami-qt
Depends: jami-daemon (= 20240430.0~dfsg1-1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0t64 (>= 2.46.0), libnm0 (>= 1.0.0), libnotify4 (>= 0.7.0), libqrencode4 (>= 3.2.0), libstdc++6 (>= 11), libx11-6, libxcb1, libqt-jami (>= 6.6.1)
Conflicts: jami-all
Breaks: jami-libclient (<= 20220516.0214.9b42ad3~dfsg1-1)
Replaces: jami-all, jami-libclient (<= 20220516.0214.9b42ad3~dfsg1-1)
Homepage: https://jami.net
Download-Size: 16,0 MB
APT-Sources: https://dl.jami.net/stable/debian_unstable jami/main amd64 Packages
Description: Secure and distributed voice, video and chat platform - desktop client
 Jami (jami.net) is a secure and distributed voice, video and chat communication
 platform that requires no centralized server and leaves the power of privacy
 in the hands of the user.
 .
 This package contains the jami-qt desktop client.

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