Apt giving error --fix-broken not working

[Jerry Geis]

something is messed up on apt.  fix broken does not fix anything -
how do I fix it.

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You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libc6-dbg : Depends: libc6 (= 2.38-1ubuntu6.2) but 2.38-1ubuntu6.1 is
installed
 libc6-dev : Depends: libc6 (= 2.38-1ubuntu6.2) but 2.38-1ubuntu6.1 is
installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or
specify a solution).



root at silentm:~# apt --fix-broken install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libc6 libc6:i386
Suggested packages:
  glibc-doc glibc-doc:i386 locales:i386
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libc6 libc6:i386
2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 33 not upgraded.
79 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/6,247 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2,048 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
debconf: Perl may be unconfigured (Can't locate Cwd.pm in @INC (you may
need to install the Cwd module) (@INC contains: /etc/perl
/usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.36.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.36.0
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.36 /usr/share/perl5
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl-base /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.36
/usr/share/perl/5.36 /usr/local/lib/site_perl) at
/usr/share/perl/5.36/File/Path.pm line 6.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl/5.36/File/Path.pm line
6.
Compilation failed in require at (eval 1) line 3.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at (eval 1) line 3.
) -- aborting
(Reading database ... 310846 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libc6_2.38-1ubuntu6.2_amd64.deb ...
De-configuring libc6:i386 (2.38-1ubuntu6.1), to allow configuration of
libc6:amd64 (2.38-1ubuntu6.2) ...
Can't locate POSIX.pm in @INC (you may need to install the POSIX module)
(@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.36.0
/usr/local/sha
re/perl/5.36.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.36 /usr/share/perl5
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl-base /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.36
/usr/share/perl/
5.36 /usr/local/lib/site_perl) at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Template.pm line
7.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Template.pm
line 7.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Question.pm line
8.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Question.pm
line 8.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Config.pm line 7.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Config.pm
line 7.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Log.pm line 10.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Db.pm line 7.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Db.pm line 7.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/debconf/frontend line 6.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/debconf/frontend line 6.
dpkg: error processing archive
/var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.38-1ubuntu6.2_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 new libc6:amd64 package pre-installation script subprocess returned error
exit status 2
Preparing to unpack .../libc6_2.38-1ubuntu6.2_i386.deb ...
De-configuring libc6:amd64 (2.38-1ubuntu6.1), to allow configuration of
libc6:i386 (2.38-1ubuntu6.2) ...
Can't locate POSIX.pm in @INC (you may need to install the POSIX module)
(@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.36.0
/usr/local/sha
re/perl/5.36.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.36 /usr/share/perl5
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl-base /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.36
/usr/share/perl/
5.36 /usr/local/lib/site_perl) at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Template.pm line
7.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Template.pm
line 7.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Question.pm line
8.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Question.pm
line 8.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Config.pm line 7.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Config.pm
line 7.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Log.pm line 10.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Db.pm line 7.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Db.pm line 7.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/debconf/frontend line 6.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/debconf/frontend line 6.
dpkg: error processing archive
/var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.38-1ubuntu6.2_i386.deb (--unpack):
 new libc6:i386 package pre-installation script subprocess returned error
exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.38-1ubuntu6.2_amd64.deb
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.38-1ubuntu6.2_i386.deb
needrestart is being skipped since dpkg has failed
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


What do I do with the above ?

Jerry
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