When I run command
sudo apt-get -f
I get this error
dpkg: error processing gcc-4.8-base:i386 (--configure):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting configuration.
Errors were encountered while processing:
gcc-4.8-base:i386
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
I'm using Ubuntu 13.10
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting configuration.
You have to reinstall the package:
sudo apt-get --reinstall install gcc-4.8-base:i386
I tried both of the answers given above at last after a lot of struggle i found this
sudo dpkg --remove --force-all gcc-4.8-base:i386
if somebody else is looking at this answer for another package then just replace gcc-4.8-base:i386 with the name of the package causing trouble
even after this if your problem is not solved then find all the files named with your package name as a prefix and use
sudo chmod 777 filename
with all of them and then create a copy of them (in case something goes wrong) and then use
sudo rm filename
to delete of them and then run this again
sudo dpkg --remove --force-all gcc-4.8-base:i386
Actually the problem is related to gcc 4.8 ,use the following to solve this issue -
Remove gcc-
sudo apt-get purge gcc-4.8
now check -
sudo apt-get -f
for correcting all broken downloads.
Add repository-
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
sudo apt-get update
install again -
sudo apt-get install gcc-4.8
hope it will work.
se (= 4.8.1-10ubuntu8) but 4.8.1-10ubuntu9 is to be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
– Awis Qirani Dec 02 '13 at 09:42