Ubuntu – Not able to fix the error “Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.”

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I am trying to install python-pip. But I am getting the following error:

root@w.x.y.z:~# apt-get install python-pip
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:
 python-pip : Depends: python-setuptools (>= 0.6c1) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

I tried all the solutions possible via command line mentioned here.
But its not working. Please can someone help?
Following is my sources.list:

root@w.x.y.z:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
#deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS _Precise Pangolin_ - Release i386 (20130213)]/ precise main restricted

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

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

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security main restricted
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security universe
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security universe
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-security multiverse
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise-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 precise partner
# deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise 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 precise main
deb-src http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu precise main

deb http://nightly.openerp.com/7.0/nightly/deb/ ./

PPAs:

root@w.x.y.z:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*
cat: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*: No such file or directory

EDIT:

root@w.x.y.z:~# apt-cache policy python-setuptools
python-setuptools:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 0.6.24-1ubuntu1
  Version table:
     0.6.24-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages

EDIT2:

root@w.x.y.z:~# apt-get install python-setuptools
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:
 python-setuptools : Depends: python-pkg-resources (= 0.6.24-1ubuntu1) but 0.6.28-1ubuntu2 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
root@w.x.y.z:~# apt-cache policy python-pkg-resources
python-pkg-resources:
  Installed: 0.6.28-1ubuntu2
  Candidate: 0.6.28-1ubuntu2
  Version table:
 *** 0.6.28-1ubuntu2 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.6.24-1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages

Best Answer

First remove the python-pkg-resources completely using

 sudo apt-get purge python-pkg-resources

Once completed successfully, first run

  sudo apt-get -f install

then

   sudo apt-get install python-pip