Public bug reported: I'm using Ubuntu 16.10 dev with apt 1.3~exp2ubuntu1 and on installing packages if they have unmet dependencies I'm getting output like this:
root@ubuntu:~# apt-get install winehq-devel 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: winehq-devel : Depends: wine-devel (= 1.9.12~ubuntu16.04.1) E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. This information is not extremely useful and maybe it can be enhanced. For example apt could show more detailed which packages are causing the issue for what reason (for example in this case libidn11 and some *heimdal packages had a multiarch version mismatch). ** Affects: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1594312 Title: Enhancing the information about unmet dependencies To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1594312/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs