root@debian:~# apt-get -f install gcc g++ make flex bison openssl libssl-dev perl perl-base perl-modules libperl-dev libaio1 libaio-dev zlib1g zlib1g-dev libcap-dev bzip2 automake autoconf libtool cmake Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done bzip2 is already the newest version. bzip2 set to manually installed. openssl is already the newest version. openssl set to manually installed. zlib1g is already the newest version. perl is already the newest version. perl-base is already the newest version. perl-modules is already the newest version. You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following packages have unmet dependencies: automake : Depends: autotools-dev (>= 20020320.1) but it is not going to be installed cmake : Depends: libxmlrpc-c3 but it is not going to be installed Depends: cmake-data (= 2.8.2+dfsg.1-0+squeeze1) but it is not going to be installed g++ : Depends: g++-4.4 (>= 4.4.5-1~) but it is not going to be installed Depends: gcc-4.4 (>= 4.4.5-1~) but it is not going to be installed gcc : Depends: gcc-4.4 (>= 4.4.5-1~) but it is not going to be installed Recommends: libc6-dev but it is not going to be installed or libc-dev libc6 : Depends: libc-bin (= 2.11.3-4) but 2.13-38 is to be installed libc6-i386 : Depends: libc6 (= 2.13-38) but 2.11.3-4 is to be installed libtool : Depends: libc6-dev but it is not going to be installed or libc-dev Depends: autotools-dev but it is not going to be installed Recommends: libltdl-dev but it is not going to be installed locales : Depends: glibc-2.13-1 but it is not installable zlib1g-dev : Depends: libc6-dev but it is not going to be installed or libc-dev E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution). root@debian:~# apt-get -f install Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Correcting dependencies... failed. The following packages have unmet dependencies: libc6 : Depends: libc-bin (= 2.11.3-4) but 2.13-38 is installed libc6-i386 : Depends: libc6 (= 2.13-38) but 2.11.3-4 is installed locales : Depends: glibc-2.13-1 but it is not installable E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages. E: Unable to correct dependencies