Comment 2 for bug 1341611

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Tomás F. L. (v17564) wrote :

I am sorry to differ.

Where it says that it is can option "only" be used with "install/remove"?. In the man it say: when used with
    This option, when used with install/remove, can omit any packages to permit APT to deduce a likely solution.

If he is like you he says, then the writing of the man is incorrect and its corresponding translation to Spanish also:
    Si se usa esta opción junto a «install»/«remove» se puede omitir cualquier paquete para permitir a APT deducir una posible solución.

-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. It is possible that a system's dependency structure can be
           so corrupt as to require manual intervention (which usually means
           using dpkg --remove to eliminate some of the offending packages).
           Use of this option together with -m may produce an error in some
           situations. Configuration Item: APT::Get::Fix-Broken.

In LM13 Maya x64 the command "apt-get -f autoclean" works fine:

apt-get -f autoclean
Leyendo lista de paquetes... Hecho
Creando árbol de dependencias
Leyendo la información de estado... Hecho