Here is some additional information.
'apt policy cups' returned:
cups:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 2.1.3-4
Version table:
2.1.3-4ubuntu0.2 0
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2.1.3-4 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
I once had a dpkg problem like this, so I tried 'sudo dpkg -P cups'. After that
'apt policy cups' returned:
cups:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 2.1.3-4
Version table:
2.1.3-4 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages
I assumed that this change would help things along, but
'sudo apt clean'
'sudo apt update'
'sudo apt install cups'
still resulted in:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
cups : Depends: libcups2 (= 2.1.3-4) but 2.1.3-4ubuntu0.2 is to be installed
Depends: libcupscgi1 (>= 1.4.2) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libcupsmime1 (>= 1.4.0) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: cups-core-drivers (>= 2.1.3-4)
Depends: cups-daemon (>= 2.1.3-4)
Recommends: colord
Recommends: printer-driver-gutenprint but it is not going to be
installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
I did check the policy again afterward to see whether it had changed; it
had not.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1676621
Title:
cups : Depends: libcups2 (= 2.1.3-4) but 2.1.3-4ubuntu0.2 is to be
installed
Status in cups package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
This is related to this bug
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+bug/1642790
After `sudo apt-get -f install`, it removed cups and marked a bunch of
cups packages as unnecessary
`sudo apt-get autoremove` removed them.
Now when I try to re-install cups, I get this error:
```
☀ sudo apt-get install cups cups-daemon cups-core-drivers
Mod master
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:
cups : Depends: libcups2 (= 2.1.3-4) but 2.1.3-4ubuntu0.2 is to be installed
Depends: libcupscgi1 (>= 1.4.2) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libcupsmime1 (>= 1.4.0) but it is not going to be installed
Recommends: printer-driver-gutenprint but it is not going to be
installed
cups-core-drivers : Depends: libcups2 (= 2.1.3-4) but 2.1.3-4ubuntu0.2 is to
be installed
cups-daemon : Depends: libcups2 (= 2.1.3-4) but 2.1.3-4ubuntu0.2 is to be
installed
Depends: libcupsmime1 (>= 1.5.0) but it is not going to be
installed
Recommends: cups-browsed but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
```
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