Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS: can't install dnsmasq - broken package

[Sabniveesu Shashank]

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On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 11:37 AM, Niki Kovacs <info at microlinux.fr> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just performed a fresh installation of Ubuntu Server 12.04. I can't
> install the 'dnsmasq package'. Here's what I get:
>
> --8<------------------------------------------------------
>
> # apt-get install dnsmasq
> 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:
>  dnsmasq : Depends: dnsmasq-base (>= 2.59-4) but it is not going to be
> installed
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Try these first:

(To clean-up any partial information)
* apt-get clean
* apt-get autoclean

(To attempt fixing broken packages)
* dpkg-reconfigure -a
* apt-get install -f

>
> --8<------------------------------------------------------
>
> Since I'm normally relying on Dnsmasq for DHCP/DNS configuration in local
> networks (usually on Slackware), this is quite much a showstopper.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Cheers from the sunny South of France,
>
> Niki Kovacs
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