[Bug 878141] Re: E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.

[Rick Weinberger]

sudo apt-get remove libcupsys2
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'libcups2' instead of 'libcupsys2'
Hmm, seems like the AutoRemover destroyed something which really
shouldn't happen. Please file a bug report against apt.

The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libasm3-java : Depends: default-jre-headless but it is not going to be installed or
                         java2-runtime-headless
 libcommons-compress-java : Depends: default-jre-headless but it is not going to be installed or
                                     java2-runtime-headless
 libjline-java : Depends: default-jre-headless but it is not going to be installed or
                          java2-runtime-headless or
                          java1-runtime-headless
 libregexp-java : Depends: default-jre-headless but it is not going to be installed or
                           java2-runtime-headless or
                           java2-runtime
 libslf4j-java : Depends: default-jre-headless but it is not going to be installed or
                          java2-runtime-headless
 libxerces2-java : Depends: default-jre-headless but it is not going to be installed or
                            java1-runtime-headless or
                            java2-runtime-headless
E: Internal Error, AutoRemover broke stuff

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Title:
  E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be
  caused by held packages.

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  When I click on Install Updates in Update Manager, I get this error message:
  """
  Could not calculate the upgrade

  An unresolvable problem occurred while calculating the upgrade.

  Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:
  'E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.'
  """
  Note that it fails at this step and does not install anything.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: update-manager 1:0.150.3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.50-generic 2.6.38.8
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Oct 19 08:09:12 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  GConfNonDefault:
   /apps/update-manager/check_new_release_ignore=
   /apps/update-manager/first_run=false
   /apps/update-manager/window_size=(600,600)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-10-17 (1 days ago)

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