While attempting to install Eclipse from Software Center:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 91, in 
_process_transaction
    self.install_packages(**self.trans.kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 155, in 
install_packages
    self._mark_packages_for_installation(package_names)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 178, in 
_mark_packages_for_installation
    pkg.markInstall()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apt/package.py", line 1076, in 
markInstall
    fixer.Resolve(True)
SystemError: E:Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

>From terminal:
sudo apt-get install eclipse
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:
  eclipse: Depends: eclipse-jdt (= 3.4.1-1) but it is not going to be installed
           Depends: eclipse-pde (= 3.4.1-1) but it is not going to be installed
           Depends: eclipse-source (= 3.4.1-1) but it is not going to be 
installed
           Recommends: eclipse-gcj but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

-- 
software store says "this should not happen" when installing a package with 
missing dependencies
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/436053
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