Public bug reported: I happened to uninstall the "gnome" package a while ago, due to some complicated package conflicts.
Now when I try to reinstall it, I get: The following packages are BROKEN: gamin gnome-desktop-environment gnome-themes-extras python-imaging python2.3-imaging-tk The following NEW packages will be automatically installed: dasher dasher-data dia-common dia-gnome dia-libs fam gda2-postgres gdm-themes gnome-backgrounds gnome-office gnumeric gnumeric-common gtk-engines-industrial gtk2-engines-spherecrystal inkscape libgoffice-0-3 libgoffice-0-common libgsf-gnome-1-114 libmagick++9c2a libplot2c2 libpstoedit0c2a libwmf-bin perlmagick planner portmap pstoedit python2.3-imaging skencil The following packages have been kept back: python-htmlgen python-soappy valknut The following NEW packages will be installed: dasher dasher-data dia-common dia-gnome dia-libs fam gda2-postgres gdm-themes gnome gnome-backgrounds gnome-office gnumeric gnumeric-common gtk-engines-industrial gtk2-engines-spherecrystal inkscape libgoffice-0-3 libgoffice-0-common libgsf-gnome-1-114 libmagick++9c2a libplot2c2 libpstoedit0c2a libwmf-bin perlmagick planner portmap pstoedit python2.3-imaging skencil 0 packages upgraded, 32 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded. Need to get 35,4MB of archives. After unpacking 150MB will be used. The following packages have unmet dependencies: gnome-desktop-environment: Depends: industrial-cursor-theme which is a virtual package. gamin: Conflicts: fam but 2.7.0-10ubuntu1 is to be installed. python2.3-imaging-tk: Depends: python2.3-tk which is a virtual package. gnome-themes-extras: Depends: gtk2-engines-smooth which is a virtual package. Depends: gtk2-engines-industrial which is a virtual package. python-imaging: Conflicts: python2.3-imaging but 1.1.5-4ubuntu2 is to be installed. Resolving dependencies... The following actions will resolve these dependencies: Keep the following packages at their current version: fam [Not Installed] gnome [Not Installed] gnome-desktop-environment [Not Installed] gnome-office [Not Installed] gnome-themes-extras [Not Installed] inkscape [Not Installed] python2.3-imaging [Not Installed] python2.3-imaging-tk [Not Installed] skencil [Not Installed] Score is 71 ** Affects: meta-gnome2 (Ubuntu) Importance: Untriaged Status: Unconfirmed -- gnome package uninstallable on edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/57334 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs