apt-get: "E: Broken packages"

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apt-get: "E: Broken packages"

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[PROBLEM]
I wanted to install some package that had a dependency on another package. However, "apt-get install xxx" gave me the following error:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libsnmp9-dev: Depends: libwrap0-dev but it is not installable
E: Broken packages


[SOLUTION]
Check if you have the right sources configured in "/etc/apt/sources.list". If your sources don't offer the package needed, you'll get this "broken packages" error.

In my case, I've commented everything out except for security repositories to get only security updates.
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