Unable to install on ubuntu 26.04

Hello,

I have been trying to install Salome 9.16.0 on Ubuntu 26.04 without success.

A number of dependencies are of a higher version in “resolute racoon” than in “noble numbat”.

python3 is python3.14 instead of 3.12 which I circumvented with a virtual environment using “uv”

A number of packages no longer exist in resolute repositories. I pulled them from ubuntu.com noble package repositories:

libcdt5
libcgraph6
libgts
libgvc6

It was slowly moving towards something usable until i got to libgvc6 which breaks with dependencies of another package that is required libboost-filesystem1.83.0.

Now I am stuck…has anyone else succesfully installed on Ubuntu 26.04?

the message i get when i run salome

(SALOME-9.16.0-native-UB24.04-SRC) xxxx@desktop:~/Downloads/SALOME-9.16.0-native-UB24.04-SRC$ ./salome
SALOME_Session_Server_No_Server: error while loading shared libraries: libgvc.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

the message i get when i try to run dpkg for libgvc

sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/libgvc6_2.42.2-9build1_amd64.deb 
Sélection du paquet libgvc6 précédemment désélectionné.
(Lecture de la base de données... 326105 fichiers et répertoires déjà installés.)
Préparation du dépaquetage de .../libgvc6_2.42.2-9build1_amd64.deb ...
Dépaquetage de libgvc6 (2.42.2-9build1) ...
dpkg: des problèmes de dépendances empêchent la configuration de libgvc6 :
 libgvplugin-pango8:amd64 (14.1.2-1ubuntu1) casse libgvc6 (<< 8.1.0-1~) et est installé.
  La version de libgvc6 à configurer est 2.42.2-9build1.
 libgvplugin-gd8:amd64 (14.1.2-1ubuntu1) casse libgvc6 (<< 8.1.0-1~) et est installé.
  La version de libgvc6 à configurer est 2.42.2-9build1.

dpkg: erreur de traitement du paquet libgvc6 (--install) :
 problèmes de dépendances - laissé non configuré
Traitement des actions différées (« triggers ») pour libc-bin (2.43-2ubuntu2.3) ...
Traitement des actions différées (« triggers ») pour graphviz (14.1.2-1ubuntu1) ...
Des erreurs ont été rencontrées pendant l'exécution :
 libgvc6

It’s my first time trying torun salome meca / code_aster, any help is greatly appreciated.

I was able to run the linux universal package found on the download page without any workarounds. I guess its the easiest way to get running for persons already on Ubuntu 26.04 like me.

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you seem to be trying to run Ubuntu 24.04 on Ubuntu 26.04. This will not work. Better run universal or wait for the Ubuntu 26.04 will be published soon, if I understand the message by @cbourcier.