Fix intermittent installation failures

[rquidute]

Description

Fixes intermittent installation failures on Ubuntu 24.04 (Raspberry Pi / ARM) . The goal is to propagate the fix from PR targeting targeting v2.14+fall2025 / Matter v1.5) to current and future versions.

Related Issue

• Github issue #876

Testing

Fresh installation using fix/876_fix_matter_v1_5_intermittent_installation_failures was successfully

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Summary of Changes

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This pull request resolves intermittent installation failures, particularly on Ubuntu 24.04 running on Raspberry Pi/ARM architectures. It achieves this by enhancing the dependency installation script to correctly configure apt repositories and ensure development packages are aligned with their runtime counterparts, thereby preventing common dependency resolution issues.

Highlights

• Dependency Source Configuration: Ensured that the <codename>-updates apt repository is configured in the system's sources. This addresses issues on minimal Ubuntu images (like Raspberry Pi) where critical development packages might only be available in this repository, preventing 'held broken packages' errors during installation.
• Development Package Alignment: Expanded the list of development packages (libpcre2-dev, libselinux1-dev, zlib1g-dev) that are explicitly upgraded to match installed runtime library versions. This prevents 'held broken packages' errors that occur when runtime libraries are updated by security patches, but their corresponding development packages remain at older versions.

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Changelog

• scripts/ubuntu/1.2-install-additional-dependencies.sh
  • Added logic to check for and enable the <codename>-updates apt repository to ensure all necessary development packages are discoverable.
  • Modified the apt-get update command to be more resilient by allowing it to fail gracefully (|| true).
  • Expanded the list of development packages targeted for upgrade to include libpcre2-dev, libselinux1-dev, and zlib1g-dev.

Activity

• This pull request was created by rquidute to address intermittent installation failures.

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Code Review

This pull request addresses intermittent installation failures on Ubuntu by ensuring the -updates apt repository is configured and upgrading key development packages before installing other dependencies. The overall approach is sound. I've provided two suggestions to improve the robustness of the script. One suggestion is to make the logic for updating the apt sources more resilient to variations in system configuration. The other is to remove error suppression on apt-get update to avoid masking underlying issues that could cause problems later in the script. With these changes, the script will be more reliable.