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Trying to install samba and get this error 

anil@anil:~$ sudo apt-get  install  samba 
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:
 samba : Depends: samba-common (= 2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.4) but 2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.8 is to be installed
         Depends: samba-common-bin (= 2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.4) but 2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.8 is to be installed
         Depends: samba-dsdb-modules but it is not going to be installed
         Depends: samba-libs (= 2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.4) but 2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.8 is to be installed
         Recommends: samba-vfs-modules but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Ravan
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2 Answers2

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run command 

sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get install samba

it will install broken dependencies.if problem not resolved then use link where good explaination of resolving it .

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pl_rock
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First run these commands in terminal (press Ctrl+Alt+T):

  • sudo apt-get --fix-broken install
  • sudo apt-get clean
  • sudo apt-get autoclean
  • sudo apt-get autoremove
  • sudo dpkg --configure -a
  • sudo apt-get update then following

1.Changed software and updates to main server

2.unmarked all "other software" sources

ims

3.reload it and run for software update.

4.Install samba : sudo apt-get install samba

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Ravan
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  • sudo apt-get --fix-broken-install gives me the message: E: Command line option --fix-broken-install is not understood. I'm on 14.04. – Dai Mar 09 '16 at 19:40
  • @Dai, you typed --fix-broken-install, so you have an extra -. You actually need to type --fix-broken install. – Xavier L. Mar 03 '23 at 20:43