Re: [gnome-flashback] Ubuntu install dependency issues

[Dmitry Shachnev <mitya57 ubuntu com>]

Hi Jim,

2015-11-17 17:15 GMT+03:00 Jim Ewert <jim ewert gmail com>:
> Am getting these errors on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.  I really just want
> gnome-panel, which I installed, though there isn't anywhere to select it
> instead of Unity.
>
> > sudo apt-get install gnome-session
> 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:
>  gnome-session : Depends: gnome-settings-daemon (>= 3.0) but it is not going
> to be installed
>                  Depends: gnome-session-common (= 3.9.90-0ubuntu12) but
> 3.9.90-0ubuntu12.1 is to be installed
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Most likely the apt update && apt upgrade before attempting to install
will fix it.

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Dmitry Shachnev