Broken Packages - need to figure out which

[tyteen4a03]

Hi, trying to gnome 3.8 but got this message: https://gist.github.com/tyteen4a03/76ec7914262e9fcf636d

Can anyone tell me what to do next?

[bapoumba]

E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Have you placed some packages on hold ?

Other than that, please post your sources.list, cat /etc/apt/sources.list and give some details on how you got there, thanks.

[Yougo]

Do you have Synaptic installed?

if you do, start it (requires password)
on the lower left of the synaptic window, press the button second from the top, that says "Status"

the left panel now groups packages based on their status. one of these groups is called something like "broken packages" (my session is not in English...) select that group, and on the large panel, you should see a list of all the packages that are broken.

from there, we could try to figure out why they're broken and what to do about it

[tyteen4a03]

Do you have Synaptic installed?

if you do, start it (requires password)
on the lower left of the synaptic window, press the button second from the top, that says "Status"

the left panel now groups packages based on their status. one of these groups is called something like "broken packages" (my session is not in English...) select that group, and on the large panel, you should see a list of all the packages that are broken.

from there, we could try to figure out why they're broken and what to do about it

There are no broken packages group there.

sources.list
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 13.04 _Raring Ringtail_ - Release amd64 (20130424)]/ raring main restricted
deb-src http://mirror.easyspeedy.com/ubuntu/ raring main restricted #Added by software-properties


# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://mirror.easyspeedy.com/ubuntu/ raring main restricted
deb-src http://mirror.easyspeedy.com/ubuntu/ raring universe multiverse main #Added by software-properties


## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://mirror.easyspeedy.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates main restricted
deb-src http://mirror.easyspeedy.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates universe multiverse restricted main #Added by software-properties


## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://mirror.easyspeedy.com/ubuntu/ raring universe
deb http://mirror.easyspeedy.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates universe


## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://mirror.easyspeedy.com/ubuntu/ raring multiverse
deb http://mirror.easyspeedy.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates multiverse


## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://mirror.easyspeedy.com/ubuntu/ raring-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://mirror.easyspeedy.com/ubuntu/ raring-backports main restricted universe multiverse #Added by software-properties


deb http://mirror.easyspeedy.com/ubuntu/ raring-security main restricted
deb-src http://mirror.easyspeedy.com/ubuntu/ raring-security universe multiverse restricted main #Added by software-properties
deb http://mirror.easyspeedy.com/ubuntu/ raring-security universe
deb http://mirror.easyspeedy.com/ubuntu/ raring-security multiverse


## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu raring partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu raring partner


## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
## developers who want to ship their latest software.
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring main
deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu raring main

I was just trying to install gnome 3.8 when this happened.

[ibjsb4]

Your sources list look ok. Try an update and upgrade.

sudo apt-get update

and

sudo apt-get upgrade

Get any errors?

Also how were you trying to install gnome 3.8? With the software center or using a command?

[tyteen4a03]

Your sources list look ok. Try an update and upgrade.

sudo apt-get update

and

sudo apt-get upgrade

Get any errors?

Also how were you trying to install gnome 3.8? With the software center or using a command?

No errors at all.

Was using apt-get. If it helps, the power once failed during a software upgrade earlier.

[bapoumba]

No errors at all.

Was using apt-get. If it helps, the power once failed during a software upgrade earlier.

That probably is the explanation. It did complete the upgrade now, so you should be good to go

[tyteen4a03]

That probably is the explanation. It did complete the upgrade now, so you should be good to go

Nope, still getting the same errors.

[bapoumba]

Nope, still getting the same errors.

Could you please post them in here again ?

[tyteen4a03]

The same packages I listed in my first post.