Thanks for reporting. I can confirm I get the same error message when attempting to install build dependencies for this package on 16.04. This effectively makes it unable to build, so I've added the tag.
** Changed in: glpk (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed ** Tags added: ftbfs -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1812741 Title: Unable to get build dependencies for python-glpk To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glpk/+bug/1812741/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs