:~$ sudo apt-get install compiz # compiz-gnome
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.
Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
compiz: Depends: compiz-decorator but it is not installable
E: Broken packages
:~$ sudo apt-get install compiz-decorator
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package compiz-decorator is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package compiz-decorator has no installation candidate
:~$ sudo dpkg -l compiz* libdecoration*
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-==============================-==============================-============================================================================
pn compiz <none> (no description available)
pn compiz-core <none> (no description available)
pn compiz-gnome <none> (no description available)
rc compiz-gtk 0.3.6-1ubuntu13 OpenGL window and compositing manager - Gtk window decorator
rc compiz-plugins 0.3.6-1ubuntu13 OpenGL window and compositing manager - plugins
ii libdecoration0 0.3.6-1ubuntu13 Compiz window decoration library
:~$ sudo apt-get install libdecoration0
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
libdecoration0 is already the newest version.
libdecoration0 set to manual installed.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
user@user-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get update
Get:1 http://archive.canonical.com feisty-commercial Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://archive.canonical.com feisty-commercial/main Translation-en_US
Get:2 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty Release.gpg [191B]
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Hit http://archive.canonical.com feisty-commercial/main Packages
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-backports/multiverse Translation-en_US
Get:4 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates Release.gpg [191B]
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/main Translation-en_US
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Get:5 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-proposed Release.gpg [191B]
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Get:6 http://download.tuxfamily.org feisty Release.gpg [189B]
Ign http://download.tuxfamily.org feisty/eyecandy Translation-en_US
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-proposed/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-proposed/multiverse Translation-en_US
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty Release
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-backports Release
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates Release
Hit http://download.tuxfamily.org feisty Release
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-proposed Release
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/restricted Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/universe Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/multiverse Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/universe Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/restricted Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/main Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/restricted Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/restricted Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty/restricted Sources
Hit http://download.tuxfamily.org feisty/eyecandy Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-backports/main Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-backports/restricted Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-backports/universe Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-backports/main Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-backports/restricted Packages
Hit http://download.tuxfamily.org feisty/eyecandy Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-backports/universe Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-backports/multiverse Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-backports/restricted Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/main Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/universe Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/multiverse Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/main Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/universe Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/restricted Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-proposed/main Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-proposed/restricted Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-proposed/universe Packages
Hit http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com feisty-proposed/multiverse Packages
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Reading package lists... Done