[Bug 2067662] Re: Cannot install software-properties-common=0.96.20.13 on Ubuntu 16.04 anymore

[John Littleton]

Attempting a forced install of python3-software-properties=0.96.20,
software-properties-common=0.96.20 also removes critical (necessary?)
files: software-properties-gtk and ubuntu-desktop. It also suggests
autoremoving multiple other critical apps and support files.

Since this update is not ESM (security) related (that I know of), I
chose to 'pin/lock' the existing installed versions of these upgrade
files (python3-software-properties, software-properties-common,
software-properties-gtk) and will live with the installed versions until
upgrading to Ubuntu Unity 22.04.

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Title:
  Cannot install software-properties-common=0.96.20.13 on Ubuntu 16.04
  anymore

Status in software-properties package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  When I try to install the software-properties-common package on Ubuntu
  16 (just updated recently, see
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-
  properties/+bug/2058035/comments/6).

  
  What's a work around for this?

  I get the following error:

  apt-get install software-properties-common
  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:
  software-properties-common : Depends: python3-software-properties (= 0.96.20.13) but it is not going to be installed
  E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

  
  ---

  apt-get install  python3-software-properties
  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:
  python3-software-properties : Depends: python3-distro-info (>= 0.14ubuntu0.3) but 0.14ubuntu0.2 is to be installed
  E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

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