However there's a problem with the package database.
sources.list
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deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ nadia main upstream import backport
deb-src http://packages.linuxmint.com/ nadia main upstream import backport #Added by software-properties
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ quantal partner
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ quantal free non-free
# deb http://archive.removed/ubuntu quantal-removed apps
# deb http://archive.removed/ubuntu quantal-removed games
deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free
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$ dpkg -l libfontconfig1
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-=================================-=================================-==================================================================================
ii libfontconfig1 2.8.0-3ubuntu9.1 generic font configuration library - runtime
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$ sudo apt-get install libfontconfig1
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
libfontconfig1 is already the newest version.
If I do a sudo apt-get upgrade (or dist-upgrade) I am told there are 120-odd packages being held back because of issues like this.
sudo apt-get check reveals no problems, but there clearly is...