Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: xsane
$ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
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.
Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
ubuntu-desktop: Depends: xsane but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: gimp-print but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages
$ sudo apt-get install xsane
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.
Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
xsane: Depends: libgimp2.0 (< 2.3.17) but 2.3.18-1ubuntu1 is to be installed
E: Broken packages
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When downloading the source package and building it on my local machine it is
installable and ubuntu-desktop works again.
I'm using gutsy amd64
$ apt-cache policy xsane libgimp2.0 ubuntu-desktop
xsane:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 0.99+0.991-3ubuntu1
Version table:
0.99+0.991-3ubuntu1 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Packages
0.99+0.991-3ubuntu1 0
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libgimp2.0:
Installed: 2.3.18-1ubuntu1
Candidate: 2.3.18-1ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 2.3.18-1ubuntu1 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
ubuntu-desktop:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 1.46
Version table:
1.46 0
500 http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Packages
** Affects: xsane (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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xsane needs rebuild for newer libgimp2.0
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/121840
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