I'm trying to install ubuntu-desktop on my ubuntu server, but every time I try to install I get depdendecy errors.
Every time I try to install the package it says it needs it just goes deeper and deeper. Ive tried clean, autoremove, clear cache, dist-upgrade, etc all of the recommendations online but none of them are working.
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:
ubuntu-desktop : Depends: checkbox-gui but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: python3-aptdaemon.pkcompat but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: unity-webapps-common but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Edit:
I'm logged in as the root user.
Command I was using to install: apt-get install ubuntu-desktop.
Commands I tried to fix it:
apt-get autoclean
apt-get clean
dpkg --configure -a
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
apt-get -f installwill fix missing dependencies – ravery Apr 12 '18 at 08:23aptitudeinstalled, it will resolve the dependency tree and install all needed packages if they are available. – ravery Apr 12 '18 at 19:41apton this VM though. – cclloyd Aug 23 '18 at 01:24