Error installing SDK in Linux Mint 18.2

Steps to reproduce

Following installation instructions from: https://www.microsoft.com/net/download/linux-package-manager/ubuntu18-04/sdk-current

sudo apt-get install dotnet-sdk-2.1 Causes error

Expected behavior

Installation of dotnet SDK

Actual behavior

This terminal output

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:
 dotnet-sdk-2.1 : Depends: dotnet-runtime-2.1 (>= 2.1.2) but it is not going to be installed
                  Depends: aspnetcore-runtime-2.1 (>= 2.1.2) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Environment data

.NET Command Line Tools (1.0.1)

Product Information: Version: 1.0.1 Commit SHA-1 hash: 005db40cd1

Runtime Environment: OS Name: linuxmint OS Version: 18.2 OS Platform: Linux RID: ubuntu.16.04-x64 Base Path: /usr/share/dotnet/sdk/1.0.1

I’m surprised I was able to actually run ```dotnet --info`` because of the previous reported error

[peterhuene]

Thanks, @leecow for the sharper eyes. @joel-g I’ve confirmed that using the Xenial feed @leecow linked to has no dependency issue.

To correct:

$ sudo apt-get remove packages-microsoft-prod

And then follow the instructions again at https://www.microsoft.com/net/download/linux-package-manager/ubuntu16-04/sdk-current.

Closing this issue as resolved. Please reactivate if you’re still unable to install the SDK. Cheers!

[leecow]

If you want to set up a Xenial system them you should use the Xenial feed, not the Bionic feed. See https://www.microsoft.com/net/download/linux-package-manager/ubuntu16-04/sdk-current for config steps.