Can not install xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xorg-video-abi-15 because of the error of unmet dependencies

Question

When trying to run sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xorg-video-abi-15 I am having the following error, is there any solution for it.

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 unity-control-center : Depends: libcheese-gtk23 (>= 3.4.0) but it is not going to be installed
                        Depends: libcheese7 (>= 3.0.1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.

the output of sudo apt-get install libcheese-gtk23 libcheese7

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
libcheese-gtk23 is already the newest version.
libcheese-gtk23 set to manually installed.
libcheese7 is already the newest version.
libcheese7 set to manually installed.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

and apt-cache policy xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xorg-video-abi-15 libcheese-gtk23 libcheese7

xserver-xorg-video-nouveau:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2
  Version table:
     1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2 0
        500 http://mirror.23media.de/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
xorg-video-abi-15:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
  Version table:
libcheese-gtk23:
  Installed: 3.10.2-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 3.10.2-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 3.10.2-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://mirror.23media.de/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libcheese7:
  Installed: 3.10.2-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 3.10.2-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 3.10.2-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://mirror.23media.de/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

score -2 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

Warning ! DO NOT DELETE AND REINSALL libcheese-gtk23 or libcheese7, If you do: it will work, but after reboot: X11 failed and you are good for reinstall ubuntu !

Try to install that (if it fail, don't force the installation)

sudo apt-get update -y
sudo apt-get upgrade -y
sudo apt-get -f install -y
sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dev-lts-utopic libglu1-mesa-dev

EDIT: may be this one

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa && sudo apt-get update
sudo ppa-purge  ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa && sudo apt-get update

Source: System settings stopped showing up

Can not install xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xorg-video-abi-15 because of the error of unmet dependencies

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