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Now I am sick of this error and after trying all the things that I found from similar questions, I decided to post this. So I am trying to install mendeleydesktop on my newly installed Ubuntu 14.04 :

sudo dpkg -i mendeleydesktop_1.16.1-stable_i386.deb

But it throws the following error:

(Reading database ... 248304 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack mendeleydesktop_1.16.1-stable_i386.deb ...
Unpacking mendeleydesktop (1.16.1) over (1.16.1) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mendeleydesktop:
 mendeleydesktop depends on python.

dpkg: error processing package mendeleydesktop (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.10.1-0ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.1+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.54ubuntu1.1) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.13-1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mendeleydesktop

I tried

sudo apt-get install -f

But this doesn't get rid of the error. I would be very happy if somebody could solve my problem. Thanks in advance.

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  • You are using 32-bit Ubuntu 14.04?
    – edwinksl
    Jul 9, 2016 at 17:55
  • Yes. That is what I think. How do I check that otherwise?
    – Peaceful
    Jul 9, 2016 at 18:05
  • I mean I know that I am using Ubuntu 14.04. I was not sure that it is 32-bit so I asked how can I check that.
    – Peaceful
    Jul 10, 2016 at 4:14
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    @edwinksl : Thanks. Your comment solved my problem. So I was incorrectly using 32-bit package for a 64 bit architecture. (arch says x86_64).
    – Peaceful
    Jul 10, 2016 at 4:57

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I had the same problem in ubuntu 18.04. I solved it with:

sudo apt --fix-broken install

Then try to install the program again. It worked for me.

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    For me this approach worked as well on Lubuntu 20.04 LTS.
    – Andreas L.
    Dec 9, 2020 at 18:54
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dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mendeleydesktop: mendeleydesktop depends on python.

Check if python is still installed like here: Do we have to install Python or It is already installed in Ubuntu 14.04LTS?

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  • OP did say his Ubuntu 14.04 is freshly installed, so I doubt he had uninstalled python.
    – edwinksl
    Jul 9, 2016 at 19:07
  • Python is installed by default. I can use it to run my python codes.
    – Peaceful
    Jul 10, 2016 at 4:13

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