Ubuntu apt (and apt-get) tips

Possibly apt is generally more suitable as a higher-level tool than apt-get:

The apt command line tool provides a higher-level user interface for end users with intuitive commands, resulting behaviors, and security features. In contrast, the command apt-get is a low-level interface that communicates more closely with core Linux processes.

apt package installer has a 'fix broken install' option that could be worth trying:

sudo apt --fix-broken install