The following packages have unmet dependencies:
e2fsprogs: PreDepends: libblkid1 (>= 1.34-1) but it
is not installable
PreDepends: libss2 (>= 1.34-1) but it is
not installable
PreDepends: libuuid1 (>= 1.34-1) but it
is not installable
coreutils: PreDepends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.11-1) but it
is not installable
PreDepends: libattr1 (>= 2.4.4-1) but it
is not installable
dpkg: PreDepends: dselect but it is not installable
sysvinit: PreDepends: initscripts but it is not
installable
PreDepends: sysv-rc (>= 2.85-2) but it is
not installable or
file-rc (> 0.7.0) but it is
not installable"
This is after trying synaptic, apt-get,
dselect, and getting deeper into trouble,
at every step, with essentially the same
results, a non-functioning system.