Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xsane
$ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop 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. Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that the package is simply not installable and a bug report against that package should be filed. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: ubuntu-desktop: Depends: xsane but it is not going to be installed Recommends: gimp-print but it is not going to be installed E: Broken packages $ sudo apt-get install xsane 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. Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that the package is simply not installable and a bug report against that package should be filed. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: xsane: Depends: libgimp2.0 (< 2.3.17) but 2.3.18-1ubuntu1 is to be installed E: Broken packages -- When downloading the source package and building it on my local machine it is installable and ubuntu-desktop works again. I'm using gutsy amd64 $ apt-cache policy xsane libgimp2.0 ubuntu-desktop xsane: Installed: (none) Candidate: 0.99+0.991-3ubuntu1 Version table: 0.99+0.991-3ubuntu1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Packages 0.99+0.991-3ubuntu1 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status libgimp2.0: Installed: 2.3.18-1ubuntu1 Candidate: 2.3.18-1ubuntu1 Version table: *** 2.3.18-1ubuntu1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ubuntu-desktop: Installed: (none) Candidate: 1.46 Version table: 1.46 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com gutsy/main Packages ** Affects: xsane (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- xsane needs rebuild for newer libgimp2.0 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/121840 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs