Public bug reported: andy@D420:~$ 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. The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies. ubuntu-desktop : Depends: system-config-printer-gnome but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. andy@D420:~$ sudo apt-get install system-config-printer-gnome 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. system-config-printer-gnome : Depends: system-config-printer-common but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. andy@D420:~$ sudo apt-get install system-config-printer-common 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. system-config-printer-common : Depends: python-smbc but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. andy@D420:~$ sudo apt-get install python-smbc 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. python-smbc : Depends: libsmbclient (>= 2:3.2.0) but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. I have ran sudo apt-get autoremove and removed most of the system already so cannot give the output. Please fix these deps. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: ubuntu-desktop (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-6.12-generic 3.2.0-rc6 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-6-generic i686 ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 CheckboxSubmission: 1678008dccff079fc8437cdccd585f17 CheckboxSystem: d00f84de8a555815fa1c4660280da308 Date: Wed Dec 21 09:12:30 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha i386 (20111112) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ubuntu-meta UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/907227 Title: ubuntu-desktop fails deps and marks nearly whole OS for uninstallation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-meta/+bug/907227/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs