The installation of odoo 19 on debian trixie ends with the message "Depends python3-pypdf2".
Thats correct, because only package python3-pypdf is available debian trixie.
When is an odoo_19.0.2025*_all.deb package available for trixie?
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Thanks Danai Sae-Han. I want to add a Solution when working via the apt-install method on Debian 13 Trixie. (Via grok-AI)
Here are the Instructions:
You want to keep using `apt` (or `aptitude`/`apt-get`) as much as possible, but still bypass the broken `python3-pypdf2` dependency that currently blocks the official `odoo` package on Debian Trixie/testing (or Sid).
The cleanest and safest way to do this while still letting `apt` manage the installation and future upgrades is to use an “APT preferences pin” combined with “Provides/Equivs” so that `python3-pypdf` satisfies the (old) dependency on `python3-pypdf2`.
Here is the recommended method (2025, Debian Trixie/bookworm-mix era):
### Step-by-step: Fix it properly for apt
1. **Install the new replacement package first**
```bash
sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3-pypdf
```
2. **Create a small “equivalence” package that tells apt: “python3-pypdf provides python3-pypdf2”**
Create the package with `equivs`:
```bash
sudo apt install equivs # one-time install if you don’t have it
mkdir ~/odoo-fix && cd ~/odoo-fix
cat > odoo-pypdf2-fix.control <<EOF
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Standards-Version: 3.9.8
Package: python3-pypdf2
Version: 9999
Depends: python3-pypdf
Provides: python3-pypdf2
Architecture: all
Description: Virtual package to satisfy old Odoo dependency
The real package is now called python3-pypdf.
This dummy package makes the old Odoo .deb happy again.
EOF
equivs-build odoo-pypdf2-fix.control
```
This creates `python3-pypdf2_9999_all.deb` in the current directory.
3. **Install the dummy package**
```bash
sudo dpkg -i python3-pypdf2_9999_all.deb
sudo apt install -f # just in case
```
4. **Now install Odoo normally with apt**
```bash
sudo apt update
sudo apt install odoo
```
→ It will now succeed because the dependency `python3-pypdf2` is considered satisfied by your dummy package (which itself depends on the real `python3-pypdf`).
5. **(Optional but recommended) Also fix wkhtmltopdf in one go**
```bash
cd /tmp/
wget https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/packaging/releases/download/0.12.6.1-3/wkhtmltox_0.12.6.1-3.bookworm_amd64.deb
sudo apt install ./wkhtmltox_0.12.6.1-3.bookworm_amd64.deb
```
Another way to solve is with the equivs package.
sudo apt install equivs
Then create a control file
/tmp/python3-pypdf2
With content
Section: python Priority: optional Standards-Version: 4.6.0 Package: python3-pypdf2 Version: 3.0.0 Maintainer: Joseph Mullins <joseph.mullins@digitize.au> Depends: python3-pypdf Description: Dummy transitional package for python3-pypdf2
Then build with
equivs-build /tmp/python3-pypdf2
Install with
apt install ./python3-pypdf2_3.0.0_all.deb
Make sure you install python3-pypdf though. As it's still a required dependency.
Hi Wolfgang and Julius,
This is indeed an issue, but can be fixed rather easily. I recently made a blog post [1] that goes into deeper details into how and why, but below is a short answer.
The package python3-pypdf2 has been superseded by python3-pypdf (confusing, I know). Fortunately, it is rather easy to fix this by yourself.
First we need to extract the Debian package to a new folder (change the filenames accordingly):
dpkg-deb --raw-extract odoo_19.0.20251014_all.deb odoo_19.0.20251014_all_custom
We now change the package dependency with a Perl one-liner (again, change the filename if necessary):
perl -pi -e 's/(python3-pypdf)2/$1/' odoo_19.0.20251014_all_custom/DEBIAN/control
It is time to repackage the custom folder into a new Debian package:
dpkg-deb -b odoo_19.0.20251014_all_custom odoo_19.0.20251014_all_custom.deb
Now you can install the new, custom Debian package of Odoo as root or another user with elevated permissions. Enjoy!
P.S.: don't forget to also install wkhtmltox (the Bookworm version works on Trixie).
wget https://github.com/wkhtmltopdf/packaging/releases/download/0.12.6.1-3/wkhtmltox_0.12.6.1-3.bookworm_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i wkhtmltox_0.12.6.1-3.bookworm_amd64.deb
[1] https://consulting.go-han.net/posts/1760547257283-fix-odoo-package-dependency-on-python3-pypdf2/
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Same issue here, cannot do a new install because of deprecated python3-pypdf2 package.