Public bug reported: This issue was reported before, and fixed in 1.0.24-12 [1]
But it appears to happen again with 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2 on Xenial: $ sudo apt-get install libsane-dev libsane-dev:i386 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done libsane-dev is already the newest version (1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2). 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: libsane-dev : Conflicts: libsane-dev:i386 but 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2 is to be installed libsane-dev:i386 : Conflicts: libsane-dev but 1.0.25+git20150528-1ubuntu2 is to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. [1[ https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=786560 ** Affects: sane-backends (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/1657391 Title: libsane-dev is not Multi-Arch compatible To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sane-backends/+bug/1657391/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs