Public bug reported: This is because golang-petname-dev depends on a non-existing binary package. Xenial doesn't have Go shared libraries setup.
root@ubuntu:~# apt-get install golang-petname-dev 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: golang-petname-dev : Depends: libgolang-petname1 (= 2.3-0ubuntu1~16.04) but it is not installable E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. ** Affects: golang-petname (Ubuntu) Importance: Critical Assignee: Dustin Kirkland (kirkland) Status: Triaged ** Tags: regression-update -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1625753 Title: golang-petname-dev can't be installed anymore on Ubuntu 14.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/golang-petname/+bug/1625753/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs