Update problem with ubuntu-mate-desktop

I try to update ubuntu-mate-desktop but have errors

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-mate-desktop
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:
 ubuntu-mate-desktop : Depends: mate-menu but it is not installable
                       Depends: mate-tweak but it is not installable
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu MATE 14.10 _Utopic Unicorn_ - amd64 (20141023)]/ utopic main restricted

# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic main restricted

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic-updates main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic-updates main restricted

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team. Also, please note that software in universe WILL NOT receive any
## review or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic-updates universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic-updates universe

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu 
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to 
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in 
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic-updates multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic-updates multiverse

## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic-backports main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic-security main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic-security main restricted
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic-security universe
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic-security universe
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic-security multiverse
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic-security multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository.
## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by Canonical and the
## respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu users.
# deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu utopic partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu utopic partner

## This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is offered by third-party
## developers who want to ship their latest software.
deb http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic main
deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu utopic main

I had the same problem, but was able to solve it by running the following:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mate-dev/utopic-mate
$ sudo apt-get install mate-menu mate-tweak

I was then able to update ubuntu-mate-desktop.

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Thanks, kaddidle! I’m going to check this today later =)

Make sure your software source download location is set to “Main” (the best option imo), the default is set to your country of residence where you installed it!.

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