Xubuntu 16.04 & VLC: libgles2-mesa (>= 7.8.1)

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[PROBLEM]
On a fresh install of Xubuntu 16.04.3, I've ran into a very very surprising issue:
Can't install VLC player:

The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
vlc : Depends: libgles2-mesa (>= 7.8.1) but it is not going to be installed or
libgles2
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

When trying to install "libgles2-mesa", I see another error:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libgles2-mesa : Depends: libglapi-mesa (= 11.2.0-1ubuntu2) but 17.0.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 is to be installed

Found a post on askubuntu that suggests it might be related to having installed the proprietary nvidia drivers...
Hm...


[SOLUTION]
To be continued...