intel@intel:~$ sudo apt-get install nvidia-current:i386 [sudo] password for intel: 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: nvidia-current:i386 : Depends: make:i386 but it is not going to be installed Depends: sed:i386 (> 3.0) but it is not going to be installed Depends: dkms:i386 but it is not installable Depends: linux-headers-generic:i386 but it is not going to be installed or linux-headers:i386 Depends: acpid:i386 but it is not going to be installed Depends: libxvmc1:i386 but it is not going to be installed Depends: xorg-video-abi-11:i386 Depends: xserver-xorg-core:i386 (>= 2:1.10.99.901) but it is not going to be installed Recommends: nvidia-settings:i386 but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. intel@intel:~$