sandra@ubuntudesktop:~$ sudo apt-get remove libidl-dev Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following packages have unmet dependencies: liborbit2-dev: Depends: libidl-dev (>= 0.8.6-1) but it is not going to be installed libpango1.0-dev: Depends: libxft-dev but it is not going to be installed xutils: Depends: xutils-dev but it is not going to be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution). sandra@ubuntudesktop:~$ sudo apt-get install libxft-dev xutils-dev Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following packages have unmet dependencies: libidl-dev: Depends: libidl0 (= 0.8.6-1ubuntu1) but 0.8.6-0ubuntu4 is to be installed libxft-dev: Depends: libxft2 (= 2.1.10-1ubuntu1) but 2.1.8.2-0ubuntu2 is to be installed PreDepends: x11-common (>= 1:7.0.0) but 7.0.0-0ubuntu45 is to be installed xutils-dev: Depends: x11-common (>= 1:7.0.0) but 7.0.0-0ubuntu45 is to be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution). sandra@ubuntudesktop:~$