Dependency problems

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:
  libboost-python-dev: Depends: libboost-python1.40-dev but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

See Quick install guide to resolve.