Public bug reported: (saucy)babak@localhost:~$ sudo apt-get install eclipse 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: eclipse : Depends: eclipse-jdt (>= 3.8.1-4) but it is not going to be installed Depends: eclipse-pde (>= 3.8.1-4) but it is not installable E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. ok so I try to install the dependency: (saucy)babak@localhost:~$ sudo apt-get install eclipse-jdt 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: eclipse-jdt : Depends: eclipse-platform (>= 3.8.1-4) but it is not installable E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. ok so the output of output of 'dpkg --get-selections | grep hold' returns no results. ** Affects: eclipse (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: armhf saucy -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1247553 Title: Eclipse will not install due to dependency To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eclipse/+bug/1247553/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs