Public bug reported: I have Ubuntu 11.10 and can't install python pip. I've never used python before so I presume I have a pretty clean python install...
oliford@TacticalGrace:/opt/scilab-4.1.2$ sudo apt-get install python-pip 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: python-pip : Depends: python-setuptools (>= 0.6c1) but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. ** Affects: python-pip (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/1119257 Title: python-pip dependency problem. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-pip/+bug/1119257/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs