Package dependency errors : libc

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Published on 2012-10-11T08:38:49Z Indexed on 2012/10/11 9:52 UTC
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I was trying to install kde-full when the libc had some unmet dependencies error. When saying
sudo apt-get install kde-full

the terminal has this in the end

libc6 : Depends: libc-bin (= 2.15-0ubuntu10)   
libc6:i386 : Depends: libc-bin:i386 (= 2.15-0ubuntu10)   
libc6-dev : Depends: libc6 (= 2.15-0ubuntu10.3) but 2.15-0ubuntu10 is to be installed  
libc6-i386 : Depends: libc6 (= 2.15-0ubuntu10.3) but 2.15-0ubuntu10 is to be installed  

When running sudo apt-get -f install, this shows up at the end

De-configuring libc6:i386 ...  

A copy of the C library was found in an unexpected directory:    
  '/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.15.so'  
It is not safe to upgrade the C library in this situation;  
please remove that copy of the C library or get it out of  
'/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu' and try again.  

dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.15-0ubuntu10.3_amd64.deb   (--unpack):  
 subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1  
Preparing to replace libc6:i386 2.15-0ubuntu10 (using   .../libc6_2.15-0ubuntu10.3_i386.deb) ...  
De-configuring libc6 ...  

A copy of the C library was found in an unexpected directory:  
  '/lib/i386-linux-gnu/ld-2.15.so'  
It is not safe to upgrade the C library in this situation;  
please remove that copy of the C library or get it out of  
'/lib/i386-linux-gnu' and try again.  

dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.15-0ubuntu10.3_i386.deb   (--unpack):  
 subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1  
Errors were encountered while processing:  
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.15-0ubuntu10.3_amd64.deb  
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.15-0ubuntu10.3_i386.deb  
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)  

Any suggestions how to fix this. I don't desire to have kde-full anymore; only that other installations should work. I've done sudo apt-get update several times, so those suggestions can be kept away

UPD : here is output of dpkg configure

~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a  
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libc6-dev:  
 libc6-dev depends on libc6 (= 2.15-0ubuntu10.3); however:  
  Version of libc6 on system is 2.15-0ubuntu10.  
dpkg: error processing libc6-dev (--configure):  
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured  
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libc6-i386:  
 libc6-i386 depends on libc6 (= 2.15-0ubuntu10.3); however:  
  Version of libc6 on system is 2.15-0ubuntu10.  
dpkg: error processing libc6-i386 (--configure):  
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured  
Errors were encountered while processing:  
 libc6-dev  
 libc6-i386  
~$   

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