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I am running Ubuntu 16.04 using crouton on my chromebook. Whenever I install a new chroot and load up linux for the first time sometimes installing things works just fine, but every time I load in after I always get unmet dependency errors like so: 

Reading package lists...Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies
account-plugin-facebook: Depends : libaccount-plugin-generic-ouath but it is not going to be installed or ubuntu-system-settings-online-accounts but it is not going to be installed

and

libxft: Predepends: multiarch-support but it is not going to be installed

except there is around 30 or 40 of these. I have tried

sudo apt-get -f install

and 

sudo dpkg configure -a

and

sudo apt-get remove {insert dependency here}

but every time it just says the same thing and lists off the dependencies. What can I do?

George Udosen
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  • It's `dpkg --configure -a` BTW. – NerdOfLinux Nov 14 '17 at 22:39
  • I don't have anything against using a crouton but I always leave a comment on question _about_ them linking [here](https://askubuntu.com/questions/356243/true-ubuntu-on-chromebook-arm/930272#930272). Croutons don't run nearly as well as a native installation and, if you _really, really_ like ChromeOS (I _do_ think it has its advantages), [Neverware](https://www.neverware.com/#introtext-3) is a wonderful version of ChromeOS. It's really just ChromiumOS with some proprietary stuff added in. If you do end up trying Neverware, make sure you make the bootable _before_ wiping your Chromebook. – Amolith Nov 16 '17 at 03:15
  • If you do it after, it is a bit harder. The only computer I have is a Chromebook (now running [GalliumOS](https://galliumos.org/), which I highly recommend) so I had to use a friend's Chromebook to make the bootable to try it. You can use Windows and OSX but I don't have access to either. – Amolith Nov 16 '17 at 03:18

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What I do when I encounter that issue is to uninstall the package that is causing the issue, then try installing it again. In your case, the problem seems to be account-plugin-facebook, so try

sudo apt purge account-plugin-facebook

If that fails, try dpkg:

sudo dpkg --remove account-plugin-facebook

and then try installing again with

sudo apt install account-plugin-facebook
NerdOfLinux
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  • When I try to do sudo apt purge account-plugin-facebook it just lists off the dependencies again, I am not sure what to do here, – Nic G. Nov 16 '17 at 06:03
  • Try using dpkg - -remove account-plugin-facebook(put the dashes together, I can’t do that since I’m on mobile) – NerdOfLinux Nov 16 '17 at 12:58