[CCB_4322] Fixes intermittent installation failures (Matter v2.14+fall2025) on Ubuntu 24.04

[rquidute]

Description

Fixes intermittent installation failures on Ubuntu 24.04 (Raspberry Pi / ARM) for v2.14+fall2025 version.

Related Issue

• CCB issue 4322
• Github issue #876

Testing

Fresh installation using ccb_4322_v2.14+fall2025_candidate_fix_876 was successfully

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Summary of Changes

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This pull request significantly enhances the robustness of the certification tool's installation process on specific Ubuntu environments, particularly for Raspberry Pi/ARM devices running Ubuntu 24.04. By programmatically ensuring that the *-updates APT repository is correctly configured and updated, the changes guarantee that all necessary package dependencies, including critical development packages, are properly resolved. This prevents common installation failures caused by missing or mismatched package versions, leading to a more reliable setup experience.

Highlights

• Installation Stability: Addressed intermittent installation failures specifically on Ubuntu 24.04 (Raspberry Pi / ARM) environments for the v2.14+fall2025 version.
• APT Repository Configuration: Implemented a check and modification to ensure the <codename>-updates apt repository is present in the system's sources. This resolves issues where minimal Ubuntu images might lack necessary development packages.
• Dependency Resolution: Prevented 'held broken packages' errors during dependency resolution by ensuring that matching -dev packages, often found in the *-updates repository, are available for runtime libraries.

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Changelog

• scripts/ubuntu/1.2-install-additional-dependencies.sh
  • Added logic to verify and append the <codename>-updates repository to apt sources if it's missing.
  • Included an apt-get update call after potential source modifications to refresh package lists.

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Code Review

This pull request aims to fix intermittent installation failures on Ubuntu 24.04 by ensuring the <codename>-updates apt repository is configured. The approach is sound, but the shell script modification uses a complex regular expression with sed. My feedback includes a suggestion to simplify and improve the readability of this command. I've also highlighted a potential edge case where the current logic might not work as expected, for your consideration.

[sander-gitl]

Confirm works, also works for 1.5.1 branch provided patched as follows:

`

diff --git a/scripts/pi-setup/install-pi-dependencies.sh b/scripts/pi-setup/install-pi-dependencies.sh
index f15bb6c..72b598c 100755
--- a/scripts/pi-setup/install-pi-dependencies.sh
+++ b/scripts/pi-setup/install-pi-dependencies.sh
@@ -28,6 +28,21 @@ sudo sed -i "s/#$nrconf{kernelhints} = -1;/$nrconf{kernelhints} = -1;/g" /etc/
sudo sed -i "s/#$nrconf{restart} = 'i';/$nrconf{restart} = 'a';/" /etc/needrestart/needrestart.conf

print_script_step "Upgrade OS"
+# Ensure -updates is present in apt sources.
+# On minimal Ubuntu images (e.g. Raspberry Pi), the sources file may only contain
+# and -security. Security point releases update runtime libraries
+# (libmount1, zlib1g, libpcre2-8-0, etc.) to patch versions (e.g. -9ubuntu6.4), but the
+# matching -dev packages that accept those versions only exist in -updates.
+# Without this repo, apt-get satisfy fails with "held broken packages" when resolving
+# transitive -dev dependencies for libgstreamer1.0-dev.
+print_script_step "Ensuring -updates apt repository is configured"
+UBUNTU_CODENAME=$(lsb_release -cs)
+SOURCES_FILE="/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources"
+if [ -f "$SOURCES_FILE" ] && grep -q "^Suites:" "$SOURCES_FILE"; then

• if ! grep -q "${UBUNTU_CODENAME}-updates" "$SOURCES_FILE"; then

•    sudo sed -i -E "/^Suites:.*\b${UBUNTU_CODENAME}\b([^-]|$)/ s/$/ ${UBUNTU_CODENAME}-updates/" "$SOURCES_FILE"
  

• fi
  +fi
  sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get update -y
  sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get upgrade -y`