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I'm getting the following errors when installing Skype.

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 skype : Depends: skype-bin
 unity-control-center : Depends: libcheese-gtk23 (>= 3.4.0) but it is not going to be installed
                        Depends: libcheese7 (>= 3.0.1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.

I don't know how to remove the broken packages.

karel
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nmajethiya
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  • You can check any held packages by "apt-mark showhold", but I'm not sure if this is the problem. If there is any packages mentioned in your error logs are held, you can "sudo apt-mark unhold " to unhold them. – alfred Aug 02 '16 at 13:12
  • not working sir, how to check held package in error log?? – nmajethiya Aug 03 '16 at 04:42

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Since the output of uname -a gives x86_64, it means that you have a 64 bit version.

I suggest that you first try to remove traces of your skype install. You can do this by entering sudo apt-get purge skype in your terminal. It might be possible that you have to run sudo apt-get purge skype-bin also.

Then check if you have any held packets: Open the /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log log file in a text editor. Locate any "broken" packages and remove them with sudo apt-get remove .

Note: in newer versions, the log is located in /var/log/apt/term.log instead.

To install Skype again, you should first run following command

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

Add the correct repository:

sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ $(lsb_release -sc) partner"

Then update & install Skype:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install skype
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