Dependency problems - part 2

[Phil]

On 22/05/13 21:48, Nils Kassube wrote:
> Phil wrote:
>> phil at Asus:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
> [...]
>> E: Cannot get debconf version. Is debconf installed?
>> debconf: apt-extracttemplates failed: No such file or directory
>> dpkg: regarding .../libbz2-1.0_1.0.6-4_i386.deb containing
>> libbz2-1.0:i386, pre-dependency problem:
>>    libbz2-1.0 pre-depends on multiarch-support
>>     multiarch-support is unpacked, but has never been configured.
>
> Hmm, I'm not sure what the debconf problem might be, but at least the
> last line suggests that first some things have to be configured. Please
> try
>
> sudo dpkg --configure -a
>
> and if there is no error, try "sudo apt-get -f install" again. If there
> are errors, please post the error message.

phil at Asus:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libc6:i386:
  libc6:i386 depends on debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0; however:
   Package debconf is not installed.
   Package debconf-2.0 is not installed.
  libc6:i386 depends on libgcc1; however:
   Package libgcc1 is not installed.

dpkg: error processing libc6:i386 (--configure):
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of multiarch-support:
  multiarch-support depends on libc6 (>= 2.13-5); however:
   Package libc6:i386 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing multiarch-support (--configure):
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
  libc6:i386
  multiarch-support


Does this help? And, of course, debconf cannot be installed because it's 
one of the dependents that has been preventing me from installing other 
packages.

-- 
Regards,
Phil