Unconfigured packages

[Paun_Remus]

Hello to all,

I have recently installed UBUNTu 13.04 and started to install packages from the Ubuntu software center. After each installation I get this message (posted below). Could anyone please tell me how to configure these packages:

libcrystalhd3:amd64
vlc-nox
vlc-plugin-pulse
vlc
vlc-plugin-notify

I mention that these packages are allready installed.
Thanks in advance!

installArchives() failed: Selecting previously unselected package vlc. 
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Unpacking vlc (from .../vlc_2.0.8-0ubuntu0.13.04.1_amd64.deb) ... 
Selecting previously unselected package vlc-plugin-notify. 
Unpacking vlc-plugin-notify (from .../vlc-plugin-notify_2.0.8-0ubuntu0.13.04.1_amd64.deb) ... 
Processing triggers for mime-support ... 
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ... 
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index... 
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ... 
Processing triggers for gnome-menus ... 
Processing triggers for man-db ... 
dpkg: error processing libcrystalhd3:amd64 (--configure): 
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should 
 reinstall it before attempting configuration. 
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of vlc-nox: 
 vlc-nox depends on libcrystalhd3; however: 
  Package libcrystalhd3:amd64 is not configured yet. 
 
dpkg: error processing vlc-nox (--configure): 
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured 
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of vlc-plugin-pulse: 
 vlc-plugin-pulse depends on vlc-nox (= 2.0.8-0ubuntu0.13.04.1); however: 
  Package vlc-nox is not configured yet. 
 
dpkg: error processing vlc-plugin-pulse (--configure): 
 dependency problems - leaving unconfiguredNo apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
 
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of vlc: 
 vlc depends on vlc-nox (= 2.0.8-0ubuntu0.13.04.1); however: 
  Package vlc-nox is not configured yet. 
 
dpkg: error processing vlc (--configure): 
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured 
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of vlc-plugin-notify: 
 vlc-plugin-notify depends on vlc-nox (= 2.0.8-0ubuntu0.13.04.1); however: 
  Package vlc-nox is not configured yet. 
 
dpkg: error processing vlc-plugin-notify (--configure): 
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured 
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Errors were encountered while processing: 
 libcrystalhd3:amd64 
 vlc-nox 
 vlc-plugin-pulse 
 vlc 
 vlc-plugin-notify 
dpkg: error processing libcrystalhd3:amd64 (--configure): 
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should 
 reinstall it before attempting configuration. 
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of vlc-nox: 
 vlc-nox depends on libcrystalhd3; however: 
  Package libcrystalhd3:amd64 is not configured yet. 
 
dpkg: error processing vlc-nox (--configure): 
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured 
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of vlc: 
 vlc depends on vlc-nox (= 2.0.8-0ubuntu0.13.04.1); however: 
  Package vlc-nox is not configured yet. 
 
dpkg: error processing vlc (--configure): 
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured 
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of vlc-plugin-notify: 
 vlc-plugin-notify depends on vlc-nox (= 2.0.8-0ubuntu0.13.04.1); however: 
  Package vlc-nox is not configured yet. 
 
dpkg: error processing vlc-plugin-notify (--configure): 
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured 
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of vlc-plugin-pulse: 
 vlc-plugin-pulse depends on vlc-nox (= 2.0.8-0ubuntu0.13.04.1); however: 
  Package vlc-nox is not configured yet. 
 
dpkg: error processing vlc-plugin-pulse (--configure): 
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

[newb85]

Try this:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure vlc-nox
sudo apt-get -f install

[ian-weisser]

[...]

dpkg: error processing libcrystalhd3:amd64 (--configure): 
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should 
 reinstall it before attempting configuration. 

[...]

Remove the damaged package from your cache with sudo apt-get clean libcrystalhd3:amd64
Redownload and reinstall with sudo apt-get install --reinstall libcrystalhd3:amd64

[newb85]

Good catch, ian-weisser. I missed that part.

It seems to me the OP has installed the 64-bit version of libcrystalhd3 on a 32-bit system, and that may be the source of the problem.

Edit: on second thought, it looks like the 64-bit version is a a dependency of the 32-bit version. Odd...

[ian-weisser]

Well, if the reinstall fails due to an architecture incompatibility, then we will know....
Seen quite a few of those after people install Skype.

[Paun_Remus]

Tried this and got the following message:

E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

Am I doing somethig wrong?

[bapoumba]

@Paun_Remus : please close any other package manager that may be open.

[Paun_Remus]

I did this and there was no package manager that was preventing me from reinstalling libcrystalhd3:amd64

I also restarted my notebook and got the same answer. Clearly there is something odd here. Any more sugestions?

[bapoumba]

sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
For some reason, the lock file that prevent 2 packages managers to run at the same time may not have been deleted.