While attempting to install Eclipse from Software Center: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 91, in _process_transaction self.install_packages(**self.trans.kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 155, in install_packages self._mark_packages_for_installation(package_names) File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 178, in _mark_packages_for_installation pkg.markInstall() File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apt/package.py", line 1076, in markInstall fixer.Resolve(True) SystemError: E:Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
>From terminal: 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 (= 3.4.1-1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: eclipse-pde (= 3.4.1-1) but it is not going to be installed Depends: eclipse-source (= 3.4.1-1) but it is not going to be installed Recommends: eclipse-gcj but it is not going to be installed E: Broken packages -- software store says "this should not happen" when installing a package with missing dependencies https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/436053 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs