hgview will not install on 12.04.02

[Mike Bernson]

hgview will not install.

Here is the output from apt-get:
batch@eggs:~$ sudo apt-get install hgview
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:
 hgview : Depends: hgview-common (= 1.5.0-3ubuntu0.1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

batch@eggs:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
Release: 12.04
Codename: precise== ApportVersion =================================
2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1

== Architecture =================================
amd64

== Date =================================
Tue Apr 2 21:44:22 2013

== DistroRelease =================================
Ubuntu 12.04

== InstallationMedia =================================
Ubuntu-Server 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130214)

== MarkForUpload =================================
True

== Package =================================
hgview (not installed)

== ProblemType =================================
Bug

== ProcEnviron =================================
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash

== ProcVersionSignature =================================
Ubuntu 3.5.0-23.35~precise1-generic 3.5.7.2

== SourcePackage =================================
hgview

== Tags =================================
 precise precise

== Uname =================================
Linux 3.5.0-23-generic x86_64

== UpgradeStatus =================================
No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Mike Bernson (mike-mlb)]

This problem also exists on 13.04

jmike@mike-think:~$ lsb_release -a
LSB Version: core-2.0-amd64:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-amd64:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-amd64:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-amd64:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 13.04
Release: 13.04
Codename: raring

mike@mike-think:~$ sudo apt-get install hgview
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:
 hgview : Depends: hgview-common (= 1.5.0-4) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

[mlg7 (mlg7)]

workaround (precise):
downloaded the 3 packages manually from
http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/vcs/hgview

and then
sudo dpkg --ignore-depends=hgview -i hgview*.deb

so far has not crashed

[mlg7 (mlg7)]

Sorry, the workaround download URL should be:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/hgview/1.5.0-3ubuntu0.1/+build/3539791