apt-get broken on kubuntu 12.04

Question

I just wanted to add my little stone, so I tried to do an install of "wine" on a Kubuntu installed on my laptop (amd64 quad proc, 12.04, strictly and regularly updated and maintained) which leads directly to a load of apt problems.

In addition, I have now 4 different instances of graphics apps for package/software maintenance, all in submenu K/system : software update, muon software manager, Ubuntu software center, muon update manager. In addition, I still have a broken apt system, I don't understand from what...

I followed the instructions given on that other thread https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/983543, shortened to :

dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb

dpkg --configure -a

This gave me the final result :

dpkg : des problèmes de dépendances empêchent la configuration de wine1.4-common :  wine1.4-common dépend de wine1.4 (=
1.4-0ubuntu4.1) ; cependant :   Le paquet wine1.4 n'est pas installé. dpkg : erreur de traitement de wine1.4-common (--configure) : 
problèmes de dépendances - laissé non configuré dpkg : des problèmes
de dépendances empêchent la configuration de wine1.4-amd64 : 
wine1.4-amd64 dépend de wine1.4-common (= 1.4-0ubuntu4.1) ;
cependant :  Le paquet wine1.4-common n'est pas encore configuré. 
dpkg : erreur de traitement de wine1.4-amd64 (--configure) : 
problèmes de dépendances - laissé non configuré Paramétrage de
libdrm-intel1:i386 (2.4.39-0ubuntu0.1) ... Paramétrage de
libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 (8.0.4-0ubuntu0.3) ... Traitement des actions
différées (« triggers ») pour « libc-bin »... ldconfig deferred
processing now taking place Des erreurs ont été rencontrées pendant
l'exécution :  wine1.4-common  wine1.4-amd64

I am still searching for a solution, also to simplify those duplicate graphic apps for software management, would appreciate any help, thanks !

Answer 1

try

`sudo dpkg --configure -a

Maybe this solves your problem. `

Answer 2

A possible reason for the dependency resolution can be, that via additional sources or manual installation some problematic are installed. Especially problematic if some kind of newer packages are installed, that are not part of the currently configured package repositories.

This could be the result of the dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb command your have invoked.

On way to work around this problem is to try to remove more and more packages with the following commands

dpkg --force-depends --purge <PackageNameList>
apt-get install --fix-broken

• dpkg --force-depends --purge will remove the package even if another package depends on the installation of this package.
• apt-get install --fix-broken will try to get the system in a consistent state by installing all missing dependencies.

You should start with wine1.4-common and extend the PackageNameList with all other noted packages on the output of dpkg --configure -a

Postscriptum

export   LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"
export   LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
export   LANGUAGE="en_US:en"

Afterwards the error message should be readable also on the other side of the Rhine ;-)