Persistent "held broken packages" error
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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install netflix-desktop gives the error
The following packages have unmet dependencies: netflix-desktop : Depends: wine-browser-installer but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
but dpkg --get-selections | grep hold shows nothing.  
I'm running 12.04 64-bit. I've followed the directions in How do I resolve unmet dependencies?:
- Confirmed that main, universe, restricted and multiverse software sources are enabled
- sudo apt-get clean
- sudo apt-get -f install (returning '0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.')
- sudo dpkg --configure -a
- sudo apt-get -f install (again '0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.)
- sudo apt-get -u dist-upgrade (0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.)
- used Y PPA Manager to check for duplicate ppas (none found)
[Edit] I have had the same error with other packages. Here's the output requested by Alaa:
sudo apt-get install wine-browser-installer
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: wine-browser-installer : Depends: wine-compholio (>= 1.5.19~precise1) E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
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