I think the command was `sudo apt-get install -f `

On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 1:19 PM, kapil nakhwa <[email protected]> wrote:

> try with -f option
> `sudo apt-get -f install <package name>`
> if it fails you may want to clean the locally downloaded repositories
> `sudo apt-get autoclean`
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Everest K.C. <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>         I am running Ubuntu 12.04.1 and I am getting errors with the
>> dependencies. I searched the solution but couldn't find one that worked.
>> The error that I get is as below:
>>
>> everest@everest-Inspiron-1525:~$ sudo apt-get install python2.7-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:
>>  python2.7-dev : Depends: python2.7 (= 2.7.3-0ubuntu3) but
>> 2.7.3-0ubuntu3.1 is to be installed
>>                  Depends: libpython2.7 (= 2.7.3-0ubuntu3) but
>> 2.7.3-0ubuntu3.1 is to be installed
>> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
>>
>> Its not only for this I can't install any programming library. :(
>> Please help.
>>
>>
>> --
>> With Regards,
>> Everest K.C.
>> BE Computer Engineering
>> Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk Campus
>> URL: http://www.everestkc.com.np
>>
>>
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