I ran "sudo apt-get install python-setuptools python-pip" but I received:
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: python-pip : Depends: python-pip-whl (= 1.5.4-1ubuntu3) but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. i normally only run sudo apt-get install python-pip and it works, i dont know why i decided to try setuptools. i tried going on Synaptic Package Manager, click on "Edit" in the menu bar, and click on "Fix broken packages" and the command line sudo dpkg --configure -a and sudo apt-get -f install but i am still unable to install python-pip.
i am on linux mint 17 xfce 3.13.0-37-generic, using Python 2.7.6.
any help is greatly appreciated. i saw alot of commands online regarding dpkg but im not familiar enough with packages and i do not want to break anything else.
updates:
"sudo apt-cache policy python-pip"
python-pip: Installed: (none) Candidate: 1.5.4-1ubuntu3 Version table: 1.5.4-1ubuntu3 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/universe amd64 Packages 1.5.4-1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages "sudo apt-get install python-pip-whl"
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: python-pip-whl : Depends: python-requests-whl but it is not installable Depends: python-setuptools-whl but it is not installable Depends: python-six-whl but it is not installable Depends: python-urllib3-whl but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. update #2
$ sudo apt-cache policy python-pip-whl python-requests-whl python-setuptools-whl python-six-whl python-urllib3-whl
python-pip-whl: Installed: (none) Candidate: 1.5.4-1ubuntu1 Version table: 1.5.4-1ubuntu1 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/universe amd64 Packages python-requests-whl: Installed: (none) Candidate: (none) Version table: python-setuptools-whl: Installed: (none) Candidate: (none) Version table: python-six-whl: Installed: (none) Candidate: (none) Version table: python-urllib3-whl: Installed: (none) Candidate: 1.7.1-1ubuntu3 Version table: 1.7.1-1ubuntu3 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages $ for pkg in python-requests-whl python-setuptools-whl python-six-whl python-urllib3-whl; do sudo apt-get install $pkg; done
Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package python-requests-whl is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source E: Package 'python-requests-whl' has no installation candidate Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package python-setuptools-whl is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source E: Package 'python-setuptools-whl' has no installation candidate Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package python-six-whl is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source E: Package 'python-six-whl' has no installation candidate 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: python-urllib3-whl : Depends: python-six-whl but it is not installable E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. update #3
$ /etc/apt/sources.list
#deb cdrom:[Linux Mint 17.1 _Rebecca_ - Release amd64 20150107]/ trusty contrib main non-free
update #4
$ /etc/apt/sources.list.d $ ll
total 16 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 21 01:00 . drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Jun 24 00:52 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 59 Jan 7 12:29 getdeb.list -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 530 Jan 7 12:29 official-package-repositories.list $ cat getdeb.list
# deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu trusty-getdeb apps $ cat official-package-repositories.list
# Do not edit this file manually, use Software Sources instead. deb http://packages.linuxmint.com rebecca main upstream import #id:linuxmint_main deb http://extra.linuxmint.com rebecca main #id:linuxmint_extra deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty main restricted universe multiverse deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu trusty-updates main restricted universe multiverse deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security main restricted universe multiverse deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ trusty partner update #5
/etc/apt/apt.conf.d $ ll
total 52 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 24 01:06 . drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Jun 24 00:52 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 49 Jun 21 00:59 00aptitude -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 41 Jan 7 11:58 00cdrom -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 73 Jan 7 11:58 00recommends -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40 Jun 21 00:58 00trustcdrom -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 643 Apr 10 2014 01autoremove -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 992 Jan 7 12:23 01autoremove-kernels -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 123 Apr 10 2014 20changelog -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 243 Mar 11 2013 20dbus -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2331 Apr 2 2014 50unattended-upgrades -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 182 Feb 23 2014 70debconf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 33 Jun 24 01:06 99synaptic /etc/apt/preferences.d $ ll
total 16 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 21 01:16 . drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Jun 24 00:52 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 216 Feb 3 07:15 official-extra-repositories.pref -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 171 Jan 7 12:29 official-package-repositories.pref 
pip.allinstead ofamd64)... Could you add the contents of/etc/apt/sources.listto your question? You wouldn't happen to have[arch=...]qualifiers in there by any chance?http://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/482is that solution feasible? i do not need to install python setup tools usingapt-get install python-setuptools, if it is easier, can i "clear" the system from trying to resolve the broken packages? (are the broken packages python-setuptools dependencies?)aptitudeandapt-getinterchangeably. There's something else wrong, your system should be able to find the packages in archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/s/six for example and install them. What do/etc/apt/apt.confand/etc/apt/preferencescontain on your system?