I can't install any package, dependency problems

Question

The apt-get command doesn't work. When I try this sudo dpkg --configure -a, I get this:

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libc6:amd64:
libc6:amd64 depends on libgcc1; however:
Package libgcc1 is not installed.
libc6:amd64 depends on tzdata; however:
Package tzdata is not installed.
dpkg: error processing libc6:amd64 (--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 multiarch-support (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
libc6:amd64
multiarch-support

The architecture of my system is amd64.

Answer 1

Been there, you've tried to install something made for a different release. It's repairable but reinstall is quicker, specially if your /home isn't part of root (/) mount point.

Answer 2

sudo apt-get install dependency name

Sometimes dependency problems are caused by the dependencies being in a different repo than you have, like in cinnamon there are 2 repos for it. You need the right one to get all the packages for it

Answer 3

Here my solution in another question:

https://askubuntu.com/a/485293/130195

But here you have to force the status the libc6 to installed.

Read my other answer to understand how to force status installed to a package.