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Currently I am using Gnome-Shell but now I want to use unity Desktop. I tried to install ubuntu-desktop by following command

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

Its showing following error

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 ubuntu-desktop : Depends: ubuntu-session but it is not going to be installed
                  Depends: unity-control-center but it is not going to be installed
                  Depends: unity-settings-daemon but it is not going to be installed
                  Recommends: xul-ext-webaccounts but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
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  • Which version of Ubuntu are you using? – Raphael Jun 18 '14 at 06:25
  • Have you tried to download and install these packages externally and then use the command sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop? – Raphael Jun 18 '14 at 06:34
  • @Raphael 14.04,nope – Anonymous Jun 18 '14 at 06:46
  • I think downloading those packages externally might help. – Raphael Jun 18 '14 at 06:51
  • Do you want me to write an answer with the how to? – Raphael Jun 18 '14 at 06:51
  • @Raphael yes please – Anonymous Jun 18 '14 at 06:52
  • But first would please try to individually install the packages like: sudo apt-get install ubuntu-session; sudo apt-get install unity-control-center; sudo apt-get install unity-settings-daemon. Please comment if you find any error then. – Raphael Jun 18 '14 at 07:00
  • The following packages have unmet dependencies: unity-settings-daemon : Depends: gnome-settings-daemon-schemas (< 3.10) but 3.12.1-0ubuntu1~trusty1 is to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. – Anonymous Jun 18 '14 at 07:09
  • Download "Synaptics Package Manager" and delete all the broken packages from under the "Custom Filters" Tab. – Raphael Jun 18 '14 at 07:15
  • try this just type `sudo apt-get install -f' and post the output in comments or upload it to paste bin or take a screenshot of it – romaan Jun 18 '14 at 08:04
  • @romaan

    Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 15 not upgraded.

     – Anonymous Jun 18 '14 at 09:38
  • now its showing

    E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

     – Anonymous Jun 18 '14 at 09:47
  • Raphael Synaptic manager is showing o broken packages. – Anonymous Jun 18 '14 at 09:52
  • i think you should follow this answer http://askubuntu.com/questions/65911/how-can-i-fix-a-404-error-when-updating-packages – romaan Jun 18 '14 at 12:37
  • Okay guys, this isn't a dupe of that, but it isn't possible. There is a message on the gnome 3 website talking about how you can't use unity with it. – Tim Aug 18 '14 at 21:19

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