Here is more verbose output from apt - let me know if any other info would be helpful:
# apt-get -o Debug::pkgProblemResolver=yes -o Debug::pkgDepCache::AutoInstall=yes install h5utils hdf5-tools Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Installing libhdf4-0 as Depends of h5utils Installing libgfortran3 as Depends of libhdf4-0 Installing libhdf5-serial-1.8.3 as Depends of h5utils Installing libmatheval1 as Depends of h5utils Installing hdf5-tools as Recommends of h5utils Installing libhdf5-serial-1.8.4 as Depends of hdf5-tools Starting Starting 2 Investigating h5utils Package h5utils has broken Depends on libhdf5-serial-1.8.3 Considering libhdf5-serial-1.8.3 1 as a solution to h5utils 9999 Re-Instated libhdf5-serial-1.8.3 Investigating libhdf5-serial-1.8.4 Package libhdf5-serial-1.8.4 has broken Conflicts on libhdf5-1.8.3 Considering libhdf5-serial-1.8.3 1 as a solution to libhdf5-serial-1.8.4 0 Holding Back libhdf5-serial-1.8.4 rather than change libhdf5-1.8.3 Investigating hdf5-tools Package hdf5-tools has broken Depends on libhdf5-serial-1.8.4 Considering libhdf5-serial-1.8.4 0 as a solution to hdf5-tools 10001 Re-Instated libhdf5-serial-1.8.4 Investigating libhdf5-serial-1.8.4 Package libhdf5-serial-1.8.4 has broken Conflicts on libhdf5-1.8.3 Considering libhdf5-serial-1.8.3 1 as a solution to libhdf5-serial-1.8.4 0 Holding Back libhdf5-serial-1.8.4 rather than change libhdf5-1.8.3 Investigating hdf5-tools Package hdf5-tools has broken Depends on libhdf5-serial-1.8.4 Considering libhdf5-serial-1.8.4 0 as a solution to hdf5-tools 10001 Package hdf5-tools has broken Depends on libhdf5-1.8.4 Considering libhdf5-serial-1.8.4 0 as a solution to hdf5-tools 10001 Considering libhdf5-openmpi-1.8.4 0 as a solution to hdf5-tools 10001 Re-Instated libibverbs1 Re-Instated libopenmpi1.3 Re-Instated libhdf5-openmpi-1.8.4 Investigating libhdf5-openmpi-1.8.4 Package libhdf5-openmpi-1.8.4 has broken Conflicts on libhdf5-1.8.3 Considering libhdf5-serial-1.8.3 1 as a solution to libhdf5-openmpi-1.8.4 0 Holding Back libhdf5-openmpi-1.8.4 rather than change libhdf5-1.8.3 Investigating hdf5-tools Package hdf5-tools has broken Depends on libhdf5-serial-1.8.4 Considering libhdf5-serial-1.8.4 0 as a solution to hdf5-tools 10001 Package hdf5-tools has broken Depends on libhdf5-1.8.4 Considering libhdf5-serial-1.8.4 0 as a solution to hdf5-tools 10001 Considering libhdf5-openmpi-1.8.4 0 as a solution to hdf5-tools 10001 Considering libhdf5-mpich-1.8.4 0 as a solution to hdf5-tools 10001 Re-Instated libhdf5-mpich-1.8.4 Investigating libhdf5-mpich-1.8.4 Package libhdf5-mpich-1.8.4 has broken Conflicts on libhdf5-1.8.3 Considering libhdf5-serial-1.8.3 1 as a solution to libhdf5-mpich-1.8.4 0 Holding Back libhdf5-mpich-1.8.4 rather than change libhdf5-1.8.3 Investigating hdf5-tools Package hdf5-tools has broken Depends on libhdf5-serial-1.8.4 Considering libhdf5-serial-1.8.4 0 as a solution to hdf5-tools 10001 Package hdf5-tools has broken Depends on libhdf5-1.8.4 Considering libhdf5-serial-1.8.4 0 as a solution to hdf5-tools 10001 Considering libhdf5-openmpi-1.8.4 0 as a solution to hdf5-tools 10001 Considering libhdf5-mpich-1.8.4 0 as a solution to hdf5-tools 10001 Considering libhdf5-lam-1.8.4 0 as a solution to hdf5-tools 10001 Re-Instated liblam4 Re-Instated libhdf5-lam-1.8.4 Investigating libhdf5-lam-1.8.4 Package libhdf5-lam-1.8.4 has broken Conflicts on libhdf5-1.8.3 Considering libhdf5-serial-1.8.3 1 as a solution to libhdf5-lam-1.8.4 0 Holding Back libhdf5-lam-1.8.4 rather than change libhdf5-1.8.3 Investigating hdf5-tools Package hdf5-tools has broken Depends on libhdf5-serial-1.8.4 Considering libhdf5-serial-1.8.4 0 as a solution to hdf5-tools 10001 Package hdf5-tools has broken Depends on libhdf5-1.8.4 Considering libhdf5-serial-1.8.4 0 as a solution to hdf5-tools 10001 Considering libhdf5-openmpi-1.8.4 0 as a solution to hdf5-tools 10001 Considering libhdf5-mpich-1.8.4 0 as a solution to hdf5-tools 10001 Considering libhdf5-lam-1.8.4 0 as a solution to hdf5-tools 10001 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: hdf5-tools: Depends: libhdf5-serial-1.8.4 but it is not going to be installed or libhdf5-1.8.4 E: Broken packages -- [lucid] libhdf5 dependency on libhdf5-1.8.3 needs updating https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/527110 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs