Hi, I had the same issue on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. I ran the following commands wget http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/i/init-system-helpers/init-system... (http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/i/init-system-helpers/init-system...) dpkg -i init-system-helpers_1.57_all.deb then run apt-get install bird2. Thanks August 3, 2020 10:57 AM, "Jason Kopacko" <jason@kopacko.com (mailto:jason@kopacko.com?to=%22Jason%20Kopacko%22%20<jason@kopacko.com>)> wrote: It's not simple. I have been trying everything I can find via Google because packages just aren't available or something. root@#####:~# apt-get install bird2 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: bird2 : PreDepends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.56~) but 1.51 is to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. Sorry if I come off as rude, I just fed up with trying to install this today. Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Droid Turbo 2. On Sun, Aug 2, 2020 at 7:50 PM Kr <kr@vnpdigital.com (mailto:kr@vnpdigital.com)> wrote: Hi, It is quite simple. You can run apt-get install bird2. If you run into any issues, don’t hesitate to contact me. Cheers. Krish On Aug 3, 2020 at 10:23 am, <Jason Kopacko (mailto:jason@kopacko.com)> wrote: I am beginning to give up. As a very inexperienced Ubuntu user, I am trying to install bird 2.x. But cannot seem to figure out how to use apt-get to install anything above bird 1.6. What am I doing wrong and why is this sooooo hard? Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Droid Turbo 2. (https://vnpdigital.com)