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[Božidar Stevčić <1424491@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

EDIT: I wrote this before the "Fix Released" status (might be already
obsolete)

I finally got it working on Trusty (Ubuntu Studio 14.04.2 LTS, Xfce 4),
but proposed fix did not work out of the box. I am posting this just in
case someone, just because of plain old bad luck, runs into same problem
as I did, this solution just might help, IDK.

Let me go through what was happening: I enabled "trusty-proposed",
pinned the repo (I read the article actually), installed using apt-get
(sudo apt-get install fglrx-updates/trusty-proposed) and did a reboot.

Initially, it looked like it worked, "Additional Drivers" settings
section indicated I was using "fglrx-update" proprietary driver, both
Ubuntu Software Center and Synaptic indicated that correct (trusty-
proposed) versions and dependencies were installed, so I thought all
went good, until I tried to launch ATI Catalyst Center and got  message
about error while initializing "amdcccle" (No such file or directory).

I purged all installed files, reverted to default community driver, did
another reboot and repeated installation process again. Same results.
Then I realized that I was getting error for running "amdcccle" and not
"amdcccle-updates" as I thought it should. So here is what I did (by
steps):

1. Open Synaptic
2. Search for "fglrx"
3. Find "fglrx-updates", select it, go to Package -> Force Version... , select "trusty-proposed" and hit Force Version; apply changes in synaptic
4. Select "fglrx-updates" again, right click & mark for reinstallation; apply changes in synaptic
5. Find "fglrx-amdcccle-updates", mark for installation it if it isn't installed, and/or mark for uninstallation "fglrx-amdcccle" if it is installed; apply changes
6. Select "fglrx-amdcccle-updates" and go trough the same steps as with "fglrx-updates" (i.e. forcing version and reinstallation)
7. Select "fglrx-updates-core", and mark it for reinstallation (this one cannot be forced, so just reinstall); apply changes
8. Reboot / Shutdown your machine (don't forget to turn it on, duh)

A NOTE: I am 100% sure there is a lot cleaner and more efficient way for
accomplishing this using terminal command line or something else, but I
hereby publicly announce that I am not Linux Master Chief or Guru or
anything nearby, mere intermediary, average user here. This "solution"
is merely a crude result of hours of trial-and-error nail-biting-hair-
pulling process, so please, if someone can simplify and polish this
garbage workaround of mine, please do! :)

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Title:
  apt-get fails to install fglrx or fglrx-updates in 14.04.2 and 12.04.5

Status in AMD fglrx video driver:
  Invalid
Status in fglrx-installer package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in fglrx-installer-updates package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in fglrx-installer source package in Precise:
  In Progress
Status in fglrx-installer-updates source package in Precise:
  In Progress
Status in fglrx-installer source package in Trusty:
  Fix Released
Status in fglrx-installer-updates source package in Trusty:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  
  SRU Request:

  [Impact]
  fglrx cannot be installed correctly together with the new lts stacks.

  [Test case]
  Installing the xserver from lts-utopic will prevent the current fglrx from being installed. The new fglrx will install correctly

  [Regression potential]
  Low. This fglrx release is already in use in 15.04 without any major issues.

  
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Activity:  Install fglrx AMD driver on 12.04.5 and 14.02.2

  Expected behavior:  fglrx would intall

  Observed behavior:  fglrx is not installed as follows

  Attempt to install fglrx fails as follows:

          zack3@ZACK3:~$ sudo apt-get install fglrx-updates xvba-va-driver
          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:
           fglrx-updates : Depends: xorg-video-abi-11 but it is not installable or
                                    xorg-video-abi-12 but it is not installable or
                                    xorg-video-abi-13 but it is not installable or
                                    xorg-video-abi-14 but it is not installable or
                                    xorg-video-abi-15
          E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

  Attempt to insatll xorg-video-abi-15 yields:

          zack3@ZACK3:~$ sudo apt-get install xorg-video-abi-15
          Reading package lists... Done
          Building dependency tree
          Reading state information... Done
          Note, selecting 'xserver-xorg-core' instead of 'xorg-video-abi-15'
          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:
           libcheese-gtk23 : Depends: libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 (>= 0.91.8) but it is not going to be installed
                             Depends: libcogl15 (>= 1.15.8) but it is not going to be installed
           libcheese7 : Depends: libclutter-gst-2.0-0 (>= 0.10.0) but it is not going to be installed
                        Depends: gstreamer1.0-clutter but it is not going to be installed
           libclutter-1.0-0 : Depends: libcogl-pango15 (>= 1.15.8) but it is not going to be installed
                              Depends: libcogl15 (>= 1.15.8) but it is not going to be installed
          E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.

  Attempting to install xserver-xorg-core instead yields:

          zack3@ZACK3:~$ sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-core
          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:
           libcheese-gtk23 : Depends: libclutter-gtk-1.0-0 (>= 0.91.8) but it is not going to be installed
                             Depends: libcogl15 (>= 1.15.8) but it is not going to be installed
           libcheese7 : Depends: libclutter-gst-2.0-0 (>= 0.10.0) but it is not going to be installed
                        Depends: gstreamer1.0-clutter but it is not going to be installed
           libclutter-1.0-0 : Depends: libcogl-pango15 (>= 1.15.8) but it is not going to be installed
                              Depends: libcogl15 (>= 1.15.8) but it is not going to be installed
          E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.

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