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I am trying to install Nginx-full on my Debian 8.5 x64 machine, hosted by DigitalOcean like so:

sudo apt-get install nginx-full

but I am receiving the following error:

~>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:
~>atom :
Depends: gconf2 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: gconf-service but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libnotify4 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libxtst6 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libnss3 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: gvfs-bin but it is not going to be installed
Depends: xdg-utils but it is not going to be installed
~>nginx-full : Depends: nginx-common (= 1.6.2-5+deb8u2) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libgd3 (>= 2.1.0~alpha~) but it is not going to be installed
~>E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a > solution).

I understand what is the problem here, It's the solution that is bugging me. Is there a simple way to say "hey, please install all of these" or not really? :)

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  • "Try 'apt-get -f install'" you have this solution inside your question. – Navern Aug 2 '16 at 12:32
  • Nope. Same response – Alex Starbuck Aug 2 '16 at 12:34
  • As explained in our guide to writing better questions please edit into your question that you did as suggested and ran apt-get -f install and the results of that. (Don't rely on ephemeral comments to hold useful info) – HBruijn Aug 3 '16 at 6:54
  • The message explicitly told you to run apt-get -f install with no package names. But you didn't do that. Please try again. – Michael Hampton♦ Aug 3 '16 at 8:35
  • @Navern (and Michael Hampton) - I apologise, please make your comment an answer and I will accept it. I must have been doing something wrong, it worked today! Thanks for the effort once again. – Alex Starbuck Aug 3 '16 at 8:41
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apt-get install -f without specifying any package name should fix your issues and install required dependencies.

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  • Could you expand? Is it dangerous running -f? – Kyslik Feb 21 '17 at 14:35
  • you could man apt-get install for further explanation. In short -f means to fix broken dependecies and it should be safe to run like that, however sometimes it wouldn't be enough. – Navern Feb 27 '17 at 11:03

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