Public bug reported: System is an up to date Ubuntu 16.04. Run "software" program. Believe it when it says you have updates. Try to log back in and packages are broken. Cinnamon is semi removed (won't restart) and when you try to reinstall it you get messages like:
scott@bluerock:~$ sudo apt install cinnamon 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: cinnamon : Depends: libmuffin0 (>= 3.2.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: gir1.2-meta-muffin-0.0 (>= 3.2.0) but it is not going to be installed Recommends: cinnamon-bluetooth but it is not installable E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. ** Affects: gnome-software (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/1642081 Title: software updater breaks packages To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-software/+bug/1642081/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs