# For \`dist: bionic\`, Xenial VM is used instead with \`language: rust\`

**URL:** <https://travis-ci.community/t/for-dist-bionic-xenial-vm-is-used-instead-with-language-rust/4487>\
**Category:** Bionic\
**Tags:** build-env, bug\
**Created:** [August 1, 2019, 10:32am UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/for-dist-bionic-xenial-vm-is-used-instead-with-language-rust/4487 "2019-08-01T10:32:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![gdesmott](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/travis-ci.community/gdesmott/32/2394_2.png) [@gdesmott](https://travis-ci.community/u/gdesmott)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 10:32am UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/for-dist-bionic-xenial-vm-is-used-instead-with-language-rust/4487/1 "2019-08-01T10:32:06Z")

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Hello there,

I have an image using `dist: bionic` on which I try to install extra debian packages.  
But for some reason it installs the Xenial version of the debs rather than the Bionic ones.

See [https://travis-ci.org/gdesmott/karapulse/builds/565912365](https://travis-ci.org/gdesmott/karapulse/builds/565912365)

```auto
Build dist: bionic

(...)

Get:1 http://us-east-1.ec2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 libsqlite3-dev amd64 3.11.0-1ubuntu1.2 [509 kB]

```

Did I miss anything here? Thanks!

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**Author:** ![native-api](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/travis-ci.community/native-api/32/430_2.png) [@native-api](https://travis-ci.community/u/native-api)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 10:51am UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/for-dist-bionic-xenial-vm-is-used-instead-with-language-rust/4487/2 "2019-08-01T10:51:07Z")

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Changed the title to reflect the cause; see [https://travis-ci.org/gdesmott/karapulse/jobs/565912366#L20](https://travis-ci.org/gdesmott/karapulse/jobs/565912366#L20).

This has been reported in [Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS (Bionic Beaver)](https://travis-ci.community/t/ubuntu-18-04-1-lts-bionic-beaver/1270/22) but better create a separate issue for it.

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**Author:** ![BanzaiMan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/travis-ci.community/banzaiman/32/67_2.png) [@BanzaiMan](https://travis-ci.community/u/BanzaiMan)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 1:22pm UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/for-dist-bionic-xenial-vm-is-used-instead-with-language-rust/4487/3 "2019-08-01T13:22:30Z")

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Without going into too much detail, I will say that there is currently no Bionic image capable of building languages other than Perl, Python and Ruby. (These are arbitrary choices, and we will work on expanding the list.)

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**Author:** ![gdesmott](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/travis-ci.community/gdesmott/32/2394_2.png) [@gdesmott](https://travis-ci.community/u/gdesmott)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/for-dist-bionic-xenial-vm-is-used-instead-with-language-rust/4487/4 "2019-08-01T13:52:34Z")

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Ah that explains it then as I’m using Rust.  
I updated the title of the ticket accordingly then.

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**Author:** ![native-api](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/travis-ci.community/native-api/32/430_2.png) [@native-api](https://travis-ci.community/u/native-api)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/for-dist-bionic-xenial-vm-is-used-instead-with-language-rust/4487/5 "2020-08-15T17:12:07Z")

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3 posts were merged into an existing topic: [Build can’t find r-cran-xxx binaries](https://travis-ci.community/t/build-cant-find-r-cran-xxx-binaries/8682/12)

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**Author:** ![native-api](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/travis-ci.community/native-api/32/430_2.png) [@native-api](https://travis-ci.community/u/native-api)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/for-dist-bionic-xenial-vm-is-used-instead-with-language-rust/4487/6 "2020-10-20T01:59:32Z")

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A post was split to a new topic: [For `dist: focal`, Xenial VM is used instead with `language: rust`](https://travis-ci.community/t/for-dist-focal-xenial-vm-is-used-instead-with-language-rust/10216)

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**Author:** ![native-api](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/travis-ci.community/native-api/32/430_2.png) [@native-api](https://travis-ci.community/u/native-api)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 2:00am UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/for-dist-bionic-xenial-vm-is-used-instead-with-language-rust/4487/7 "2020-10-20T02:00:02Z")

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[This is reported fixed](https://travis-ci.community/t/for-dist-focal-xenial-vm-is-used-instead-with-language-rust/10216).

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**Author:** ![RealyUniqueName](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/travis-ci.community/realyuniquename/32/7738_2.png) [@RealyUniqueName](https://travis-ci.community/u/RealyUniqueName)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/for-dist-bionic-xenial-vm-is-used-instead-with-language-rust/4487/8 "2022-03-07T15:35:14Z")

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Still having this issue for “language: haxe”: the `dist` is set to “bionic” but the image is ubuntu 16.04:

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