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Synaptic problems - operator ERROR ;{

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I'm using Debian 9 with MATE.
I installed Emacs using Synaptic.
It apparently installed and ran correctly.
It properly opened a Tcl file expecting to see it with some default 
indentation scheme - it wasn't. I closed it, returning to first window.

I started exploring the documentation available on 1st screen.
I was able to back out of screens with out problems.
I was unable to back out of one screen, chose to shut down Emacs with 
'x' in upper right corner.

When I reopened from MATE menu I did not get what I had seen before.
Decided to purge Emacs an start again.

Using Synaptic I:
  1. atempted to completley remove Emacs by choosing complete removal
     of metapackage. Got error messages [not recorded]
  2. manually marked all of the Emacs packages that had been installed
     for complete removal - another unrecorded error message. BUT things
     "looked strange" so I forced Synaptic to shut down and restarted.
  3. observed only the metapakage was tagged with red. Attempting to
     remove or reinstall failed.

  There error messages were:
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
> E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.
> E: Unable to correct dependencies
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
> E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.
> E: Unable to correct dependencies
> E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.
> E: Unable to correct dependencies
> 

What did I do wrong?
How do I fix?

TIA

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Synaptic problems - operator ERROR ;{ Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-09-20 17:40 +0200
  Re: Synaptic problems - operator ERROR ;{ didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> - 2018-09-20 20:30 +0200
    Re: Synaptic problems - operator ERROR ;{ Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-09-21 16:40 +0200

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