MX-17.1: Could not install "libx11-dev" due to upgraded "libxcb1"

[app4soft]

When I try install "libx11-dev" apt return me next

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$ sudo apt-get install libx11-dev 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
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:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libx11-dev : Depends: libxcb1-dev but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

UPD: I found what was wrong: recently upgraded "libxcb1" from 1.12-1 to 1.12-3 prevented install "libx11-dev". When "libxcb1" downgraded all seems work.

But there no propper notification why this issue happen, so need check "libxcb1" and "libx11-dev" in MX repos.

[philotux]

This might help:

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sudo apt install --fix-broken libx11-dev

If it doesn't, post the output from:

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inxi -Sr

for forum members to have an idea about your sources.

[Stevo]

libxcb1 1.12-3 is coming from the antiX repo, where it was updated for some unknown reason. But libx11-dev installs fine on MX 17/18, which enables the antiX repo by default, so you must have some issue with the antiX repo.

What does "inxi -r" show?

[app4soft]

libxcb1 1.12-3 is coming from the antiX repo

Thanks, I already fixed this issue by dwngrading libxcb1 by install MX repos.

antiX repos now disabled (for prevent such issues in the future).

[anticapitalista]

Out of interest, why do you need libx11-dev?

So we can perhaps fix the problem

[Stevo]

I can't reproduce the issue on standard MX with the antiX repos enabled--libx11-dev installs just fine. The OP had something else going on, which is why I requested "inxi -r" (no response, though).

There's nothing to fix, as far as I can tell.

[anticapitalista]

I can't reproduce the issue on standard MX with the antiX repos enabled--libx11-dev installs just fine. The OP had something else going on, which is why I requested "inxi -r" (no response, though).

There's nothing to fix, as far as I can tell.

That's why I want the OP to reply.
OP is always asking for MX packagers to upgrade packages. (and I assume installs them)
Maybe this is why OP has an issue?

[app4soft]

I can't reproduce the issue on standard MX with the antiX repos enabled--libx11-dev installs just fine. The OP had something else going on, which is why I requested "inxi -r" (no response, though).

There's nothing to fix, as far as I can tell.

I installed MX using MX-17.1_November.iso

When I try install all dependency for AzPainter there was issue described in this topic.

• https://github.com/symbian9/azpainter

Not sure why I has "libx11-dev_1.12-3" installed on my system, but I found that I should downgrade it to 1.12-1 for fix issue. Then I decide also dissable antiX repos in Synaptic

Here is "inxi -r" output, but it is current state of repos.

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$ inxi -r
Repos:     Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
           1: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/repo/ stretch main non-free
           2: deb http://mxrepo.com/mx/testrepo/ stretch test
           3: deb https://notesalexp.org/debian/stretch/ stretch main
           4: deb http://qgis.org/debian/ stretch main
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/antix.list 
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list 
           1: deb http://ftp.ua.debian.org/debian/ stretch-updates non-free contrib main
           Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list 
           1: deb http://ftp.ua.debian.org/debian/ stretch main contrib non-free
           2: deb http://security.debian.org/ stretch/updates non-free contrib main
           3: deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ stretch main non-free
           4: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ stretch-backports main
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list 
           No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/various.list

[Stevo]

I build packages now as much as possible in isolated schroots using pbuilder and sbuild, so don't have to worry about those issues with azpainter, which will build on plain vanilla Stretch, so that's how I do it. Those kind of hassles are a thing of the past with those packaging tricks.

[timkb4cq]

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3: deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ stretch main non-free

Leaving deb-multimedia enabled is notorious for creating dependency issues. We only include it in our package lists at all (disabled by default) for a few patent encumbered libraries like libdvdcss2