I have simular bug in Ubuntu 12.10.
Here is the listing:
dmitry@dmitry-Aspire-5810T:~$ sudo apt-get install build-essential
[sudo] password for dmitry:
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:
build-essential : Depends: g++ (>= 4:4.4.3) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: dpkg-dev (>= 1.13.5) but it is not going to be
installed
E:Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages
dmitry@dmitry-Aspire-5810T:~$ sudo apt-get install g++-4.7
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
g++-4.7 : Depends: gcc-4.7-base (= 4.7.1-5ubuntu1) but 4.7.2-2ubuntu1 will be
installed
Depends: gcc-4.7 (= 4.7.1-5ubuntu1) but 4.7.2-2ubuntu1 will be be
installed
Depends: libstdc++6-4.7-dev (= 4.7.1-5ubuntu1) but it is not going
to be installed
E:Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages
** Changed in: build-essential (Ubuntu)
Status: Invalid => New
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Unable to install build-essential due to dependacy issue
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