Dependency problems - part 2

[Phil]

On 23/05/13 16:37, Nils Kassube wrote:
> Phil wrote:
>> 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.
>
> At least it doesn't help me to determine what could be done. It is quite
> strange that debconf is missing on your machine. I tried to uninstall it
> on the 13.04 system, but I was warned that it would remove many vital
> packages, therefore I didn't proceed. So I can't find out what would
> work for you, but you could try to download the debconf package from
> packages.ubuntu.com and install it with the command
>
> sudo dpkg -i FILENAME
>
> where you replace FILENAME with the filename of the downloaded package.
> But I'm not so sure it would work.
>
> Maybe someone else on this list has a better idea?
>
> If that doesn't help, I would suggest to ask on the ubuntu-users list
> [1]. I think there are some people much more familiar than me with the
> packing system. And please provide the output of the command "sudo dpkg
> --configure -a" like above if you ask there.
>

Thank you very much for you assistance Nils. I'll follow your advice and 
post a question on the Ubuntu list.

-- 
Regards,
Phil