Why does nfs-common have unmet dependencies?

[Michael D. Wood]

Doesn't matter why it has unmet dependencies, it just does.  When I run into this issue I simply install the dependencies.  😀

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> On May 25, 2015, at 9:23 AM, Peng Yu <pengyu.ut at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi, I see the following problem when I try to install nfs-common. Does
> anybody know what is wrong?
> 
> This server is an openldap server which is used by many other servers
> for authentication purpose. I do not want to mess it up. Could anybody
> let me know what is the safest way to proceed? Thanks.
> 
> $ cat /etc/issue
> Ubuntu 14.04 LTS \n \l
> $ sudo apt-get install nfs-common
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> linux-headers-generic : Depends: linux-headers-3.13.0-34-generic but
> it is not going to be installed
> nfs-common : Depends: libgssglue1 but it is not going to be installed
>              Depends: libnfsidmap2 but it is not going to be installed
>              Depends: libtirpc1 but it is not going to be installed
>              Depends: rpcbind (>= 0.2.0-6ubuntu1) but it is not going
> to be installed
> E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or
> specify a solution).
> 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Peng
> 
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