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Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages

Unable to correct problems you have held broken packages npm

# If you are getting unmet dependency issues this may help
# I got this issue while trying to install npm

sudo apt-get install aptitude
sudo aptitude install <package name>

Source: stackoverflow.com

Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages


$ sudo dpkg --list

then look for a package with the name of the one you're trying to install
eg mysql and purge them by name. I repeat by name. 

$sudo apt-get purge <package name>

Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

sudo apt-get install -f
sudo dpkg --configure -a

Source: askubuntu.com

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