unable to install samba on ubuntu 14.04
Trying to install samba and get this error
anil@anil:~$ sudo apt-get install samba
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:
samba : Depends: samba-common (= 2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.4) but 2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.8 is to be installed
Depends: samba-common-bin (= 2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.4) but 2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.8 is to be installed
Depends: samba-dsdb-modules but it is not going to be installed
Depends: samba-libs (= 2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.4) but 2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.8 is to be installed
Recommends: samba-vfs-modules but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
run command
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt-get install samba
it will install broken dependencies.if problem not resolved then use link where good explaination of resolving it .
First run these commands in terminal (press Ctrl+Alt+T):
sudo apt-get --fix-broken install
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sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoclean
sudo apt-get autoremove
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sudo dpkg --configure -a
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sudo apt-get update
then following
1.Changed software and updates to main server
2.unmarked all "other software" sources
3.reload it and run for software update.
4.Install samba : sudo apt-get install samba