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

[oxy]

> sudo apt-get install -f libshell-perl
> sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

no, problem persists. I'm using perl 5, version 14, subversion 2

On 11/27/13, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
> 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
>
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