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Thread: compiz won't install: CLI says may be impossible situation

  1. #1
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    compiz won't install: CLI says may be impossible situation

    Code:
     sudo apt-get install simple-ccsm compiz-fusion-plugins-extra compiz-fusion-plugins-main compiz-plugins emerald
    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:
     compiz-fusion-plugins-extra : Depends: compiz-core but it is not going to be installed
                                   Depends: compiz-core-abiversion-20091102
     compiz-fusion-plugins-main : Depends: compiz-core but it is not going to be installed
                                  Depends: compiz-core-abiversion-20080618
     compiz-plugins : Depends: compiz-core (= 1:0.9.2.1-0ubuntu2~webupd8~maverick) but it is not going to be installed
     simple-ccsm : Depends: python-compizconfig (>= 0.8.2) but it is not going to be installed
                   Depends: compizconfig-settings-manager (>= 0.8.2) but it is not going to be installed
    E: Broken packages
    
    
    :~$ sudo apt-get install compiz compiz-plugins compiz-gnome compiz-core emerald compiz-fusion-plugins-main compiz-fusion-plugins-extra fusion-icon compizconfig-settings-manager
    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:
     compiz-core : Breaks: compiz-fusion-plugins-extra (< 0.9) but 0.8.6-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
     compiz-fusion-plugins-extra : Depends: compiz-core-abiversion-20091102
    E: Broken packages
    I upgraded from 10.04 and my compiz wasn't working so I uninstalled it in order to reinstall it and since then I've been having this issue.

    Can anyone tell me how to fix this and get compiz back and working in maverick?

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    Re: compiz won't install: CLI says may be impossible situation

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    Re: compiz won't install: CLI says may be impossible situation

    I am having a similar issue

    Code:
    $ sudo apt-get install simple-ccsm
    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:
     simple-ccsm : Depends: python-compizconfig (>= 0.8.2) but it is not going to be installed
                   Depends: compizconfig-settings-manager (>= 0.8.2) but it is not going to be installed
    E: Broken packages
    how do we go about this issue ?
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