Public bug reported: After adding the debug symbols repository as described in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Debug%20Symbol%20Packages, trying to install gcc-6-dbgsym results in:
root@ub1610-thresh1:~# apt-get install gcc-6-dbgsym 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: gcc-6-dbgsym : Depends: libgcc1-dbg (= 6.2.0-5ubuntu12) but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. root@ub1610-thresh1:~# lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 16.10 Release: 16.10 root@ub1610-thresh1:~# apt-cache policy gcc-6-dbgsym gcc-6-dbgsym: Installed: (none) Candidate: 6.2.0-5ubuntu12 Version table: 6.2.0-5ubuntu12 500 500 http://ddebs.ubuntu.com yakkety/main amd64 Packages root@ub1610-thresh1:~# apt-cache policy libgcc1-dbg libgcc1-dbg: Installed: (none) Candidate: 1:6.2.0-5ubuntu12 Version table: 1:6.2.0-5ubuntu12 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/main amd64 Packages ** Affects: gcc-6 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1655942 Title: gcc-6-dbgsym fails to install on yakkety To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gcc-6/+bug/1655942/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs