I am unable to install anything including updates!

Question

Whenever I try and install anything including system updates I get this error:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad : Depends: libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 (= 1.16.2-2.1+b1) but 1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.1 is installed
                            Depends: libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 (>= 1.16.2) but 1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.1 is installed
 gstreamer1.0-plugins-good : Depends: libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 (>= 1.16.2) but 1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.1 is installed
 gstreamer1.0-plugins-good:i386 : Depends: libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0:i386 (>= 1.16.2) but 1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.1 is installed
 gstreamer1.0-x : Depends: libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 (>= 1.16.2) but 1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.1 is installed
 gstreamer1.0-x:i386 : Depends: libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0:i386 (>= 1.16.2) but 1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.1 is installed

and whenever I run apt --fix-broken install this will appear:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... failed.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad : Depends: libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 (= 1.16.2-2.1+b1) but 1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.1 is installed
                            Depends: libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 (>= 1.16.2) but 1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.1 is installed
 gstreamer1.0-plugins-good : Depends: libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 (>= 1.16.2) but 1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.1 is installed
 gstreamer1.0-plugins-good:i386 : Depends: libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0:i386 (>= 1.16.2) but 1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.1 is installed
 gstreamer1.0-x : Depends: libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0 (>= 1.16.2) but 1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.1 is installed
 gstreamer1.0-x:i386 : Depends: libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0:i386 (>= 1.16.2) but 1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.1 is installed
E: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.
E: Unable to correct dependencies

I also can't open any system apps like system setting system updater and most of my other software besides google and terminal and wireshark.

I've run apt-cache policy gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad and I ended up getting this:

$ apt-cache policy gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad
gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad:
  Installed: 1.16.2-2.1+b1
  Candidate: 1.18.0-2+b1
  Version table:
     1.18.0-2+b1 500
        500 http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling/main amd64 Packages
 *** 1.16.2-2.1+b1 100
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.1 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64 Packages
     1.14.0-1ubuntu1 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages

You haven't provided your release details, but your messages show packages from more than one release (or 3rd party sources), so your issue relates to your release, and likely your sources. We can't help without knowing your OS & release details. — guiverc, Oct 18 '20 at 23:34
@guiverc i typed -uname -a and got this HP-Laptop-15-da0xxx 5.0.0-32-generic #34~18.04.2-Ubuntu SMP Thu Oct 10 10:36:02 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux and i typed lsb_release -a and got this lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS Release: 18.04 Codename: bionic — Jake Druken, Oct 19 '20 at 15:22
Please add additional detail to your question, not reply via comment. You are well behind on upgraded packages (using an EOL/unsupported kernel & well behind on security updates etc. Your sources are polluted; rmadison reports libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-0 | 1.14.5-0ubuntu1~18.04.1 | bionic-updates/universe as you'll get in your packages, but you've added something 3rd party of built for a different system that wants 1.16.2-2.1+b1 so someone with sudo rights has polluted your sources or added inappropriate packages. Use apt-cache policy gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad to look for details — guiverc, Oct 19 '20 at 21:25
You might be on the verge of getting a FrankenDebian. You should not mix Kali/Debian repositories with that of Ubuntu and perform an update. You'll either end up with Kali/Debian (Updated Ubuntu 16.04, now I'm running Kali?) or a completely broken operating system stuck in dependency hell. Also see Proper Installation of Kali linux tools in Ubuntu and How to stop Katoolin from crashing Ubuntu? — Kulfy, Nov 02 '20 at 19:21
Does this answer your question? How do I restore the default repositories? and E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages — karel, Nov 02 '20 at 22:48

I am unable to install anything including updates!

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