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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, 64-bit

I tried to install Lazarus (1.4.4) by downloading the .deb files and using sudo dpkg -i. However I think it tried to install them in the wrong order and I now get "unmet dependencies" errors whenever I use apt-get. Even trying to remove the offending package doesn't work as apt-get claims it's not installed.

\> sudo apt-get remove lazarus  

Reading package lists... Done  
Building dependency tree         
Reading state information... Done  
Package lazarus is not installed, so not removed  
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:   The following packages have unmet dependencies.    lazarus:i386 : Depends: libgtk2.0-dev:i386 (>= 2.6.0) but it is not going to be installed    
                Depends: fpc:i386 (>= 2.6.4) but it is not installable or  
                         fp-compiler:i386 (>= 2.6.4)   ...
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

(same results with sudo apt-get autoremove, and dpkg --purge --force-depends lazarus also claims that lazarus is not installed)

When I try sudo apt-get -f install, I'm prompted to do some very scary stuff including removing 304 packages, some of which look rather important (e.g. ubuntu-desktop), and some of which are apparently essential to my system operation (python-minimal, python2.7minimal). That seems like massive overkill to just resolve dependencies for one half-installed package.

Can anyone recommend the safest way to resolve this? Thanks in advance.

user.dz
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ahydra447
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    Think I might have fixed the immediate issue by using "sudo apt-get remove lazarus:i386" rather than just "lazarus". – ahydra447 Feb 06 '16 at 14:31
  • Great so it is solved? Could you post an answer for this or should we close the question as final target is to install lazarus? – user.dz Jun 17 '16 at 02:56

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