Thanks Steve, here is the output from the command with the debugging info: version of apt: 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.9 (precise-proposed) Linux 3.5.0-26-generic #40~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Feb 28 13:48:15 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
First for wine: sudo apt-get -o Debug::pkgProblemResolver=1 install wine Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Starting Starting 2 Investigating (0) libcanberra0 [ amd64 ] < 0.28-3ubuntu3 > ( libs ) Broken libcanberra0:amd64 Depends on libasound2 [ amd64 ] < 1.0.25-1ubuntu10.2 > ( libs ) (>= 1.0.23) Considering libasound2:amd64 25 as a solution to libcanberra0:amd64 72 Added libasound2:amd64 to the remove list Fixing libcanberra0:amd64 via keep of libasound2:amd64 Investigating (0) libasound2 [ amd64 ] < 1.0.25-1ubuntu10.2 > ( libs ) Broken libasound2:amd64 Breaks on libasound2 [ i386 ] < none -> 1.0.25-1ubuntu10.1 > ( libs ) (!= 1.0.25-1ubuntu10.2) Considering libasound2:i386 0 as a solution to libasound2:amd64 25 Added libasound2:i386 to the remove list Conflicts//Breaks against version 1.0.25-1ubuntu10 for libasound2 but that is not InstVer, ignoring Fixing libasound2:amd64 via keep of libasound2:i386 Investigating (0) po-debconf [ amd64 ] < 1.0.16+nmu2ubuntu1 > ( devel ) Broken po-debconf:amd64 Depends on gettext [ amd64 ] < 0.18.1.1-5ubuntu3 > ( devel ) (>= 0.16) Considering gettext:amd64 3 as a solution to po-debconf:amd64 12 Added gettext:amd64 to the remove list Fixing po-debconf:amd64 via keep of gettext:amd64 Investigating (0) grub-common [ amd64 ] < 1.99-21ubuntu3.9 > ( admin ) Broken grub-common:amd64 Depends on gettext-base [ amd64 ] < 0.18.1.1-5ubuntu3 > ( utils ) Considering gettext-base:amd64 4 as a solution to grub-common:amd64 11 Added gettext-base:amd64 to the remove list Fixing grub-common:amd64 via keep of gettext-base:amd64 Investigating (0) gettext-base [ amd64 ] < 0.18.1.1-5ubuntu3 > ( utils ) Broken gettext-base:amd64 Conflicts on gettext-base [ i386 ] < none -> 0.18.1.1-5ubuntu3 > ( utils ) Considering gettext-base:i386 2 as a solution to gettext-base:amd64 4 Added gettext-base:i386 to the remove list Fixing gettext-base:amd64 via keep of gettext-base:i386 Investigating (0) gettext [ amd64 ] < 0.18.1.1-5ubuntu3 > ( devel ) Broken gettext:amd64 Conflicts on gettext [ i386 ] < none -> 0.18.1.1-5ubuntu3 > ( devel ) Considering gettext:i386 0 as a solution to gettext:amd64 3 Added gettext:i386 to the remove list Fixing gettext:amd64 via keep of gettext:i386 Investigating (0) wine1.4-i386 [ i386 ] < none -> 1.4-0ubuntu4.1 > ( universe/otherosfs ) Broken wine1.4-i386:i386 Depends on libasound2 [ i386 ] < none -> 1.0.25-1ubuntu10.1 > ( libs ) (>= 1.0.23) Considering libasound2:i386 0 as a solution to wine1.4-i386:i386 0 Holding Back wine1.4-i386:i386 rather than change libasound2:i386 Investigating (1) wine1.4 [ amd64 ] < none -> 1.4-0ubuntu4.1 > ( universe/otherosfs ) Broken wine1.4:amd64 Depends on wine1.4-i386 [ amd64 ] < none > ( none ) (= 1.4-0ubuntu4.1) Considering wine1.4-i386:i386 0 as a solution to wine1.4:amd64 3 Holding Back wine1.4:amd64 rather than change wine1.4-i386:amd64 Investigating (1) wine1.4-common [ amd64 ] < none -> 1.4-0ubuntu4.1 > ( universe/otherosfs ) Broken wine1.4-common:amd64 Depends on wine1.4 [ amd64 ] < none -> 1.4-0ubuntu4.1 > ( universe/otherosfs ) (= 1.4-0ubuntu4.1) Considering wine1.4:amd64 3 as a solution to wine1.4-common:amd64 1 Holding Back wine1.4-common:amd64 rather than change wine1.4:amd64 Investigating (2) wine [ amd64 ] < none -> 1.4-0ubuntu4.1 > ( universe/otherosfs ) Broken wine:amd64 Depends on wine1.4 [ amd64 ] < none -> 1.4-0ubuntu4.1 > ( universe/otherosfs ) Considering wine1.4:amd64 3 as a solution to wine:amd64 9999 Re-Instated libasound2:i386 Re-Instated wine1.4-common:amd64 Re-Instated wine1.4-i386:i386 Re-Instated wine1.4:amd64 Investigating (2) libasound2 [ amd64 ] < 1.0.25-1ubuntu10.2 > ( libs ) Broken libasound2:amd64 Breaks on libasound2 [ i386 ] < none -> 1.0.25-1ubuntu10.1 > ( libs ) (!= 1.0.25-1ubuntu10.2) Considering libasound2:i386 0 as a solution to libasound2:amd64 25 Added libasound2:i386 to the remove list Conflicts//Breaks against version 1.0.25-1ubuntu10 for libasound2 but that is not InstVer, ignoring Fixing libasound2:amd64 via keep of libasound2:i386 Investigating (2) wine1.4-i386 [ i386 ] < none -> 1.4-0ubuntu4.1 > ( universe/otherosfs ) Broken wine1.4-i386:i386 Depends on libasound2 [ i386 ] < none -> 1.0.25-1ubuntu10.1 > ( libs ) (>= 1.0.23) Considering libasound2:i386 25 as a solution to wine1.4-i386:i386 0 Holding Back wine1.4-i386:i386 rather than change libasound2:i386 Investigating (3) wine1.4 [ amd64 ] < none -> 1.4-0ubuntu4.1 > ( universe/otherosfs ) Broken wine1.4:amd64 Depends on wine1.4-i386 [ amd64 ] < none > ( none ) (= 1.4-0ubuntu4.1) Considering wine1.4-i386:i386 0 as a solution to wine1.4:amd64 3 Holding Back wine1.4:amd64 rather than change wine1.4-i386:amd64 Investigating (3) wine1.4-common [ amd64 ] < none -> 1.4-0ubuntu4.1 > ( universe/otherosfs ) Broken wine1.4-common:amd64 Depends on wine1.4 [ amd64 ] < none -> 1.4-0ubuntu4.1 > ( universe/otherosfs ) (= 1.4-0ubuntu4.1) Considering wine1.4:amd64 3 as a solution to wine1.4-common:amd64 1 Holding Back wine1.4-common:amd64 rather than change wine1.4:amd64 Investigating (4) wine [ amd64 ] < none -> 1.4-0ubuntu4.1 > ( universe/otherosfs ) Broken wine:amd64 Depends on wine1.4 [ amd64 ] < none -> 1.4-0ubuntu4.1 > ( universe/otherosfs ) Considering wine1.4:amd64 3 as a solution to wine:amd64 9999 Considering wine1.4:amd64 3 as a solution to wine:amd64 9999 Investigating (4) wine1.4-amd64 [ amd64 ] < none -> 1.4-0ubuntu4.1 > ( universe/otherosfs ) Broken wine1.4-amd64:amd64 Depends on wine1.4-common [ amd64 ] < none -> 1.4-0ubuntu4.1 > ( universe/otherosfs ) (= 1.4-0ubuntu4.1) Considering wine1.4-common:amd64 1 as a solution to wine1.4-amd64:amd64 3 Holding Back wine1.4-amd64:amd64 rather than change wine1.4-common:amd64 Investigating (5) wine [ amd64 ] < none -> 1.4-0ubuntu4.1 > ( universe/otherosfs ) Broken wine:amd64 Depends on wine1.4 [ amd64 ] < none -> 1.4-0ubuntu4.1 > ( universe/otherosfs ) Considering wine1.4:amd64 3 as a solution to wine:amd64 9999 Considering wine1.4:amd64 3 as a solution to wine:amd64 9999 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: wine : Depends: wine1.4 but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. and here for skype: sudo apt-get -o Debug::pkgProblemResolver=1 install skype Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Starting Starting 2 Investigating (0) libcanberra0 [ amd64 ] < 0.28-3ubuntu3 > ( libs ) Broken libcanberra0:amd64 Depends on libasound2 [ amd64 ] < 1.0.25-1ubuntu10.2 > ( libs ) (>= 1.0.23) Considering libasound2:amd64 24 as a solution to libcanberra0:amd64 72 Added libasound2:amd64 to the remove list Fixing libcanberra0:amd64 via keep of libasound2:amd64 Investigating (0) libasound2 [ amd64 ] < 1.0.25-1ubuntu10.2 > ( libs ) Broken libasound2:amd64 Breaks on libasound2 [ i386 ] < none -> 1.0.25-1ubuntu10.1 > ( libs ) (!= 1.0.25-1ubuntu10.2) Considering libasound2:i386 3 as a solution to libasound2:amd64 24 Added libasound2:i386 to the remove list Conflicts//Breaks against version 1.0.25-1ubuntu10 for libasound2 but that is not InstVer, ignoring Fixing libasound2:amd64 via keep of libasound2:i386 Investigating (0) libasound2-plugins [ i386 ] < none -> 1.0.25-1ubuntu1 > ( libs ) Broken libasound2-plugins:i386 Depends on libasound2 [ i386 ] < none -> 1.0.25-1ubuntu10.1 > ( libs ) (>= 1.0.25) Considering libasound2:i386 3 as a solution to libasound2-plugins:i386 2 Holding Back libasound2-plugins:i386 rather than change libasound2:i386 Investigating (0) skype-bin [ i386 ] < none -> 4.1.0.20.0-0ubuntu0.12.04.2 > ( net ) Broken skype-bin:i386 Depends on libasound2 [ i386 ] < none -> 1.0.25-1ubuntu10.1 > ( libs ) (>= 1.0.23) Considering libasound2:i386 3 as a solution to skype-bin:i386 -2 Holding Back skype-bin:i386 rather than change libasound2:i386 Investigating (1) skype [ amd64 ] < none -> 4.1.0.20.0-0ubuntu0.12.04.2 > ( net ) Broken skype:amd64 Depends on skype-bin [ amd64 ] < none > ( none ) Considering skype-bin:i386 -2 as a solution to skype:amd64 9998 Re-Instated libasound2:i386 Re-Instated skype-bin:i386 Investigating (1) libasound2 [ amd64 ] < 1.0.25-1ubuntu10.2 > ( libs ) Broken libasound2:amd64 Breaks on libasound2 [ i386 ] < none -> 1.0.25-1ubuntu10.1 > ( libs ) (!= 1.0.25-1ubuntu10.2) Considering libasound2:i386 3 as a solution to libasound2:amd64 24 Added libasound2:i386 to the remove list Conflicts//Breaks against version 1.0.25-1ubuntu10 for libasound2 but that is not InstVer, ignoring Fixing libasound2:amd64 via keep of libasound2:i386 Investigating (1) skype-bin [ i386 ] < none -> 4.1.0.20.0-0ubuntu0.12.04.2 > ( net ) Broken skype-bin:i386 Depends on libasound2 [ i386 ] < none -> 1.0.25-1ubuntu10.1 > ( libs ) (>= 1.0.23) Considering libasound2:i386 3 as a solution to skype-bin:i386 -2 Holding Back skype-bin:i386 rather than change libasound2:i386 Investigating (2) skype [ amd64 ] < none -> 4.1.0.20.0-0ubuntu0.12.04.2 > ( net ) Broken skype:amd64 Depends on skype-bin [ amd64 ] < none > ( none ) Considering skype-bin:i386 -2 as a solution to skype:amd64 9998 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: skype : Depends: skype-bin E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1130419 Title: apt resolver doesn't do sensible things when satisfying a cross- dependency on a virtual package (steam, wine) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1130419/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
