I can't install XFCE ( xubuntu desktop)





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I tried sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop.
It turned out like this:



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:
xubuntu-desktop : Depends: gtk2-engines-pixbuf but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: abiword but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: abiword-plugin-grammar but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: abiword-plugin-mathview but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: brltty-x11 but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: gimp but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: gthumb but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.


Anyone knows what this means and how to fix it ?




  • PS: If I have installed Xubuntu-desktop, how can I remove the Unity?

  • Thank you.


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    I tried sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop.
    It turned out like this:



    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:
    xubuntu-desktop : Depends: gtk2-engines-pixbuf but it is not going to be installed
    Recommends: abiword but it is not going to be installed
    Recommends: abiword-plugin-grammar but it is not going to be installed
    Recommends: abiword-plugin-mathview but it is not going to be installed
    Recommends: brltty-x11 but it is not going to be installed
    Recommends: gimp but it is not going to be installed
    Recommends: gthumb but it is not going to be installed
    E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.


    Anyone knows what this means and how to fix it ?




    • PS: If I have installed Xubuntu-desktop, how can I remove the Unity?

    • Thank you.


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      I tried sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop.
      It turned out like this:



      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:
      xubuntu-desktop : Depends: gtk2-engines-pixbuf but it is not going to be installed
      Recommends: abiword but it is not going to be installed
      Recommends: abiword-plugin-grammar but it is not going to be installed
      Recommends: abiword-plugin-mathview but it is not going to be installed
      Recommends: brltty-x11 but it is not going to be installed
      Recommends: gimp but it is not going to be installed
      Recommends: gthumb but it is not going to be installed
      E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.


      Anyone knows what this means and how to fix it ?




      • PS: If I have installed Xubuntu-desktop, how can I remove the Unity?

      • Thank you.


      `










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      I tried sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop.
      It turned out like this:



      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:
      xubuntu-desktop : Depends: gtk2-engines-pixbuf but it is not going to be installed
      Recommends: abiword but it is not going to be installed
      Recommends: abiword-plugin-grammar but it is not going to be installed
      Recommends: abiword-plugin-mathview but it is not going to be installed
      Recommends: brltty-x11 but it is not going to be installed
      Recommends: gimp but it is not going to be installed
      Recommends: gthumb but it is not going to be installed
      E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.


      Anyone knows what this means and how to fix it ?




      • PS: If I have installed Xubuntu-desktop, how can I remove the Unity?

      • Thank you.


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          Seems like you had a broken update or software install so either your apt-cache is messed up or your dpkg isn't getting a lock. First try



          sudo dpkg --configure -a


          Then:



          sudo apt-get update
          sudo apt-get autoclean
          sudo apt-get clean
          sudo apt-get autoremove
          sudo dpkg --remove -force --force-remove-reinstreq broken-packagename


          Optionally to remove unity:



          sudo apt-get purge ubuntu-default-settings

          sudo apt-get purge ubuntu-desktop

          sudo apt-get autoremove





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            Have you tried installing the base xfce desktop package called "xfce4"? Installing that will install the base xfce desktop, without all of the extra packages used by Xubuntu (eg, gnome-dependencies, xubuntu artwork, etc). This way you wouldn't have more than one text editor, update manager, cd burner, audio player, etc (because thay are all required by Xubuntu).



            After installing XUbuntu , you can remove Unity by



            sudo apt-get autoremove --purge unity unity-common unity-services unity-lens-* unity-scope-* unity-webapps-* gnome-control-center-unity hud libunity-core-6* libunity-misc4 libunity-webapps* appmenu-gtk appmenu-gtk3 appmenu-qt* overlay-scrollbar* activity-log-manager-control-center firefox-globalmenu thunderbird-globalmenu libufe-xidgetter0 xul-ext-unity xul-ext-webaccounts webaccounts-extension-common xul-ext-websites-integration gnome-control-center gnome-session





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              Seems like you had a broken update or software install so either your apt-cache is messed up or your dpkg isn't getting a lock. First try



              sudo dpkg --configure -a


              Then:



              sudo apt-get update
              sudo apt-get autoclean
              sudo apt-get clean
              sudo apt-get autoremove
              sudo dpkg --remove -force --force-remove-reinstreq broken-packagename


              Optionally to remove unity:



              sudo apt-get purge ubuntu-default-settings

              sudo apt-get purge ubuntu-desktop

              sudo apt-get autoremove





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                Seems like you had a broken update or software install so either your apt-cache is messed up or your dpkg isn't getting a lock. First try



                sudo dpkg --configure -a


                Then:



                sudo apt-get update
                sudo apt-get autoclean
                sudo apt-get clean
                sudo apt-get autoremove
                sudo dpkg --remove -force --force-remove-reinstreq broken-packagename


                Optionally to remove unity:



                sudo apt-get purge ubuntu-default-settings

                sudo apt-get purge ubuntu-desktop

                sudo apt-get autoremove





                share|improve this answer


























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                  Seems like you had a broken update or software install so either your apt-cache is messed up or your dpkg isn't getting a lock. First try



                  sudo dpkg --configure -a


                  Then:



                  sudo apt-get update
                  sudo apt-get autoclean
                  sudo apt-get clean
                  sudo apt-get autoremove
                  sudo dpkg --remove -force --force-remove-reinstreq broken-packagename


                  Optionally to remove unity:



                  sudo apt-get purge ubuntu-default-settings

                  sudo apt-get purge ubuntu-desktop

                  sudo apt-get autoremove





                  share|improve this answer













                  Seems like you had a broken update or software install so either your apt-cache is messed up or your dpkg isn't getting a lock. First try



                  sudo dpkg --configure -a


                  Then:



                  sudo apt-get update
                  sudo apt-get autoclean
                  sudo apt-get clean
                  sudo apt-get autoremove
                  sudo dpkg --remove -force --force-remove-reinstreq broken-packagename


                  Optionally to remove unity:



                  sudo apt-get purge ubuntu-default-settings

                  sudo apt-get purge ubuntu-desktop

                  sudo apt-get autoremove






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                      Have you tried installing the base xfce desktop package called "xfce4"? Installing that will install the base xfce desktop, without all of the extra packages used by Xubuntu (eg, gnome-dependencies, xubuntu artwork, etc). This way you wouldn't have more than one text editor, update manager, cd burner, audio player, etc (because thay are all required by Xubuntu).



                      After installing XUbuntu , you can remove Unity by



                      sudo apt-get autoremove --purge unity unity-common unity-services unity-lens-* unity-scope-* unity-webapps-* gnome-control-center-unity hud libunity-core-6* libunity-misc4 libunity-webapps* appmenu-gtk appmenu-gtk3 appmenu-qt* overlay-scrollbar* activity-log-manager-control-center firefox-globalmenu thunderbird-globalmenu libufe-xidgetter0 xul-ext-unity xul-ext-webaccounts webaccounts-extension-common xul-ext-websites-integration gnome-control-center gnome-session





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                        Have you tried installing the base xfce desktop package called "xfce4"? Installing that will install the base xfce desktop, without all of the extra packages used by Xubuntu (eg, gnome-dependencies, xubuntu artwork, etc). This way you wouldn't have more than one text editor, update manager, cd burner, audio player, etc (because thay are all required by Xubuntu).



                        After installing XUbuntu , you can remove Unity by



                        sudo apt-get autoremove --purge unity unity-common unity-services unity-lens-* unity-scope-* unity-webapps-* gnome-control-center-unity hud libunity-core-6* libunity-misc4 libunity-webapps* appmenu-gtk appmenu-gtk3 appmenu-qt* overlay-scrollbar* activity-log-manager-control-center firefox-globalmenu thunderbird-globalmenu libufe-xidgetter0 xul-ext-unity xul-ext-webaccounts webaccounts-extension-common xul-ext-websites-integration gnome-control-center gnome-session





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                          Have you tried installing the base xfce desktop package called "xfce4"? Installing that will install the base xfce desktop, without all of the extra packages used by Xubuntu (eg, gnome-dependencies, xubuntu artwork, etc). This way you wouldn't have more than one text editor, update manager, cd burner, audio player, etc (because thay are all required by Xubuntu).



                          After installing XUbuntu , you can remove Unity by



                          sudo apt-get autoremove --purge unity unity-common unity-services unity-lens-* unity-scope-* unity-webapps-* gnome-control-center-unity hud libunity-core-6* libunity-misc4 libunity-webapps* appmenu-gtk appmenu-gtk3 appmenu-qt* overlay-scrollbar* activity-log-manager-control-center firefox-globalmenu thunderbird-globalmenu libufe-xidgetter0 xul-ext-unity xul-ext-webaccounts webaccounts-extension-common xul-ext-websites-integration gnome-control-center gnome-session





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                          Have you tried installing the base xfce desktop package called "xfce4"? Installing that will install the base xfce desktop, without all of the extra packages used by Xubuntu (eg, gnome-dependencies, xubuntu artwork, etc). This way you wouldn't have more than one text editor, update manager, cd burner, audio player, etc (because thay are all required by Xubuntu).



                          After installing XUbuntu , you can remove Unity by



                          sudo apt-get autoremove --purge unity unity-common unity-services unity-lens-* unity-scope-* unity-webapps-* gnome-control-center-unity hud libunity-core-6* libunity-misc4 libunity-webapps* appmenu-gtk appmenu-gtk3 appmenu-qt* overlay-scrollbar* activity-log-manager-control-center firefox-globalmenu thunderbird-globalmenu libufe-xidgetter0 xul-ext-unity xul-ext-webaccounts webaccounts-extension-common xul-ext-websites-integration gnome-control-center gnome-session






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