libshell-perl : Depends: perl but it is not going to be installed

[Colin Law]

On 27 November 2013 16:56, oxy <oxyopes at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i have perl installed and running in my ubu 12.04.
> But cannot install  libshell-perl. Pls see code bellow:
>
> #----------------- start code --------------------
> prompt> sudo apt-get install libshell-perl
> 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:
>  libshell-perl : Depends: perl but it is not going to be installed
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
> #------------------ end of code -------------------------------
>
> Any idea? Must be happening in other ubus 12.04 as well
> but google doesnt find any  :-/

Try
sudo apt-get install -f
that may fix things, report back if it shows errors.
then
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
see if it shows any errors or anything unusual.

Colin