Error en la operación del paquete: se necesita ayuda

Error en la operación del paquete: se necesita ayuda

Recibo este error al abrir el Centro de software de Ubuntu:

New software cannot be installed because there is a problem with the software 
currently installed. Do you want to repair this problem now?

Hago clic en "reparar" y aparece:

Package operation failed
The installation or removal of a software package failed.

Cuando hago clic en detalles, esto es lo que se me presenta.

installArchives() failed: E: Cannot get debconf version. Is debconf installed?
debconf: apt-extracttemplates failed: No such file or directory
E: Cannot get debconf version. Is debconf installed?
debconf: apt-extracttemplates failed: No such file or directory
E: Cannot get debconf version. Is debconf installed?
debconf: apt-extracttemplates failed: No such file or directory
dpkg: regarding .../libgcc1_1%3a4.9.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb containing libgcc1:amd64, pre-dependency problem:
 libgcc1 pre-depends on multiarch-support
  multiarch-support is unpacked, but has never been configured.
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libgcc1_1%3a4.9.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 pre-dependency problem - not installing libgcc1:amd64
dpkg: regarding .../libgcc1_1%3a4.9.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb containing libgcc1:i386, pre-dependency problem:
 libgcc1 pre-depends on multiarch-support
  multiarch-support is unpacked, but has never been configured.
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libgcc1_1%3a4.9.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb (--unpack):
 pre-dependency problem - not installing libgcc1:i386
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libgcc1_1%3a4.9.1-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libgcc1_1%3a4.9.1-0ubuntu1_i386.deb
Error in function: 
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libc6:amd64:
 libc6:amd64 depends on libgcc1; however:
  Package libgcc1 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing package libc6:amd64 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libc6:i386:
 libc6:i386 depends on libgcc1; however:
  Package libgcc1 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing package libc6:i386 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of multiarch-support:
 multiarch-support depends on libc6 (>= 2.3.6-2); however:
  Package libc6:amd64 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package multiarch-support (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

Actualizar

Recibo el siguiente error después de ingresar dpkg --configure -a

dpkg: los problemas de dependencia impiden la configuración de libc6:amd64: libc6:amd64 depende de libgcc1; sin embargo: el paquete libgcc1 no está instalado.

dpkg: error al procesar el paquete libc6:amd64 (--configure): problemas de dependencia - dejar sin configurar dpkg: problemas de dependencia impiden la configuración de libc6:i386: libc6:i386 depende de libgcc1; sin embargo: el paquete libgcc1 no está instalado.

dpkg: error al procesar el paquete libc6:i386 (--configure): problemas de dependencia - dejar sin configurar dpkg: los problemas de dependencia impiden la configuración de multiarch-support: multiarch-support depende de libc6 (>= 2.3.6-2); sin embargo: el paquete libc6:amd64 aún no está configurado.

dpkg: error al procesar el paquete multiarch-support (--configure): problemas de dependencia - dejar sin configurar Se encontraron errores durante el procesamiento: libc6:amd64 libc6:i386 multiarch-support No ingresé los otros comandos debido al error.


¿Alguna idea sobre cómo puedo solucionar este problema? Soy un nuevo converso a Ubuntu y Linux, así que manténgalo lo más simple posible.

Gracias de antemano.


gracias por responder tan pronto. Me sale el siguiente error luego de ingresardpkg --configurar -a

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libc6:amd64:
 libc6:amd64 depends on libgcc1; however:
  Package libgcc1 is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package libc6:amd64 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libc6:i386:
 libc6:i386 depends on libgcc1; however:
  Package libgcc1 is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package libc6:i386 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of multiarch-support:
 multiarch-support depends on libc6 (>= 2.3.6-2); however:
  Package libc6:amd64 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package multiarch-support (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libc6:amd64
 libc6:i386
 multiarch-support

No ingresé los otros comandos debido al error.

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