[[!comment format=mdwn username="joey" subject="""comment 8""" date="2016-04-01T17:26:15Z" content=""" -f, --fix-broken Fix; attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in place. This option, when used with install/remove, can omit any packages to permit APT to deduce a likely solution. If packages are specified, these have to completely correct the problem. The option is sometimes necessary when running APT for the first time; APT itself does not allow broken package dependencies to exist on a system. So I don't see how you could get into this situation unless perhaps your debootstrap configuration gets into a broken dependency situation somehow. IIRC, apt-get -f install can decide to *remove* arbitrary packages as necessary to get to a sane dependency tree. So I'm very dubious about doing it by default. """]]