In case if you meet such problem, it's better to run apt-get update later and try again. It might be caused by the time frame between two architectures' packages aren't being distributed at the same archive sync, and the best solution is to wait for a while and try again.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libxml2 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1067852 Title: libxml2-dev won't install, bad dependency Status in “libxml2” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Running a basic `apt-get install libxml2-dev` on a brand new EC2 instance running standard canonical ubuntu AMIs: $ sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev 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: libxml2-dev : Depends: libxml2 (= 2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.1) but 2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.2 is to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libxml2/+bug/1067852/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp