Upgrade problem - "dependency problems prevent configuration of libnih-dbus1"

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Published on 2012-05-02T01:18:10Z Indexed on 2012/06/13 4:48 UTC
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I have a problem with the upgrading....

When i write sudo dpkg --configure -a , this is what happens... :

dependency problems prevent configuration of libnih-dbus1:
 libnih-dbus1 depends on libnih1 (= 1.0.3-4ubuntu9); however:
  Version of libnih1 on system is 1.0.3-4ubuntu2.
 libnih-dbus1 depends on libc6 (>= 2.3.4); however:
  Package libc6 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing libnih-dbus1 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libnih-dbus1

Please help

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