brien@brien-pc:~$ sudo apt-get -f skype
sudo: unable to resolve host brien-pc
E: Invalid operation skype
brien@brien-pc:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
sudo: unable to resolve host brien-pc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
brien@brien-pc:~$ sudo apt-get build-dep skype
sudo: unable to resolve host brien-pc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
brien@brien-pc:~$

Package dependencies cannot be resolved (when installing skype from ubuntu software center)

brien@brien-pc:~$ sudo apt-get install skype
sudo: unable to resolve host brien-pc
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 skype : Depends: skype-bin but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
brien@brien-pc:~$