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Asked: 2017-02-14 10:00:20 +0800 CST

The following packages have unmet dependencies: skype

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The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 skype:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.3.6-6~) but it is not installed
              Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.7) but it is not installed
              Depends: libgcc1:i386 (>= 1:4.1.1) but it is not installed
              Depends: libqt4-dbus:i386 (>= 4:4.5.3) but it is not installed
              Depends: libqt4-network:i386 (>= 4:4.8.0) but it is not installed
              Depends: libqt4-xml:i386 (>= 4:4.5.3) but it is not installed
              Depends: libqtcore4:i386 (>= 4:4.7.0~beta1) but it is not installed
              Depends: libqtgui4:i386 (>= 4:4.8.0) but it is not installed
              Depends: libqtwebkit4:i386 (>= 2.2~2011week36) but it is not installed
              Depends: libstdc++6:i386 (>= 4.2.1) but it is not installed
              Depends: libx11-6:i386 but it is not installed
              Depends: libxext6:i386 but it is not installed
              Depends: libxss1:i386 but it is not installed
              Depends: libxv1:i386 but it is not installed
              Depends: libssl1.0.0:i386 but it is not installed
              Depends: libpulse0:i386 but it is not installed
              Depends: libasound2-plugins:i386 but it is not installed
              Recommends: sni-qt:i386 but it is not installed
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.
E: Unable to correct dependencies

I could not install skype, also could not delete.

vegan@vegan:~$ sudo apt-get -f install 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... failed.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 skype:i386 : Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.3.6-6~) but it is not installed
              Depends: libc6:i386 (>= 2.7) but it is not installed
              Depends: libgcc1:i386 (>= 1:4.1.1) but it is not installed
              Depends: libqt4-dbus:i386 (>= 4:4.5.3) but it is not installed
              Depends: libqt4-network:i386 (>= 4:4.8.0) but it is not installed
              Depends: libqt4-xml:i386 (>= 4:4.5.3) but it is not installed
              Depends: libqtcore4:i386 (>= 4:4.7.0~beta1) but it is not installed
              Depends: libqtgui4:i386 (>= 4:4.8.0) but it is not installed
              Depends: libqtwebkit4:i386 (>= 2.2~2011week36) but it is not installed
              Depends: libstdc++6:i386 (>= 4.2.1) but it is not installed
              Depends: libx11-6:i386 but it is not installed
              Depends: libxext6:i386 but it is not installed
              Depends: libxss1:i386 but it is not installed
              Depends: libxv1:i386 but it is not installed
              Depends: libssl1.0.0:i386 but it is not installed
              Depends: libpulse0:i386 but it is not installed
              Depends: libasound2-plugins:i386 but it is not installed
              Recommends: sni-qt:i386 but it is not installed
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.
E: Unable to correct dependencies

my ubuntu s 16.04 skype is skype-ubuntu-precise_4.3.0.37-1_i386.deb

apt

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    To remove the uninstallable dependencies, use sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get autoremove, as mentioned in this post. Take a look at the other posts for that question too.

    To actually install Skype, follow these instructions for installing through the official repositories, not through a separate .deb file.

    Alternatively, this could be fixed by manually installing the dependencies using

    apt-get install libc6:i386 libgcc1:i386 libqt4-dbus:i386

    with all the dependencies listed after apt-get, but as automatic installation is possible, I recommend not doing this.

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