Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages
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After upgrading from 10.04 to 12.04 I am trying to install different packages. For instance ia32-libs and skype (4.0).
When trying to install these, I am getting the 'Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages' error message.
Output of commands:
sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After running this:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
foo@foo:~$ sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
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