I was able to resolve this. I'm not entirely sure of the correct sequence, but in case anyone else encounters this, I *think* it went something like this:
$ sudo apt-get remove xorg # which also removed ubuntu-desktop $ sudo aptitude install xserver-xorg # i rejected the first choice it gave me to resolve dependencies, and took the second, which in addition to installing several packages, also removed ubuntu-desktop{a} xfonts-scalable{u} xinput{u} xorg{a} xorg-docs-core{u} xserver-xorg-core-lts-vivid{a} xserver-xorg-input-evdev-lts-vivid{a} xserver-xorg-lts-vivid{a} $ sudo aptitude install ubuntu-desktop $ sudo apt-get remove libgl1-mesa-dri-lts-vivid # also removes libegl1-mesa-lts-vivid libgbm1-lts-vivid libgl1-mesa-dri-lts-vivid libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-vivid libglapi-mesa-lts-vivid libllvm3.6 libwayland-egl1-mesa-lts-vivid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1531647 Title: Dependency hell: "libgl1-mesa-dri-lts-vivid : Conflicts: libgl1-mesa- dri" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mesa/+bug/1531647/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs