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[ubuntu] Help Fix Broken Packages

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http://ubuntuforums.org – Hi everybody. I ended up with some broken packages after installing updates. When I do sudo apt-get -f install, I get the same error which is Code: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree      Reading state information... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:   libembryo0 Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove it. The following extra packages will be installed:   libefl The following NEW packages will be installed:   libefl 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove an (Hardware)

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Submitted by colm on 12/23/2012 – Made popular on 12/23/2012

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Code: petermg@kids-ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get -f install Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree      Reading state information... Done Correcting dependencies...

hey everyone, so I just installed ubuntu on my desktop and migrated a bunch of stuff over. I begain to set up the android developer environment and I came aross this problem.

it looks like 2 packages are broken and they cant be fixed for whatever reason. when I try to run "sudo apt-get -f install" I get this error.

Code: Reading package lists...

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Code: $ sudo apt-get install flashplugin-installer Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree      Reading state information...

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sudo apt-get install -f Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Correcting dependencies...

I've encountered this problem and searched and tried many of the suggestions I've found to no avail. This occurs on Lucid, 2.6.32-39-generic.

For example, sudo apt-get autoremove gives:

Code: sudo apt-get autoremove Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree      Reading state information...