$ sudo aptitude dist-upgrade 
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Building dependency tree       
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Initializing package states... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  binutils-static{u} doc-base{u} erlang-et{u} erlang-gs{u} erlang-observer{u} firefox-3.5-branding{u} kdebase-runtime-bin-kde4{u} kdebase-runtime-data-common{u} konqueror-plugins{u} libass3{u} libcdio7{u} libesd-alsa0{u} libevdocument1{u} libevview1{u} libexiv2-5{u} 
  libfaad0{u} libfreezethaw-perl{u} libgail-common{u} libgnome-desktop-2-11{u} libgssdp-1.0-1{u} libgupnp-1.0-2{u} libindicate-gtk1{u} libiso9660-5{u} libkexiv2-7{u} libkpathsea4{u} libmaa1{u} libmldbm-perl{u} libpackagekit-glib11{u} libpackagekit-qt11{u} libpq5{u} 
  libpulse-browse0{u} librasqal1{u} libsmi2-common{u} libtotem-plparser12{u} libuuid-perl{u} libxmlrpc-core-c3{u} openoffice.org-hyphenation{u} openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us{u} openoffice.org-thesaurus-en-au{u} openoffice.org-thesaurus-en-us{u} policykit{u} pulseaudio{u} 
  pulseaudio-esound-compat{u} pulseaudio-module-x11{u} pulseaudio-utils{u} python-sip4{u} python2.5{u} python2.5-dev{u} raptor-utils{u} redland-utils{u} rhino{u} rtkit{u} sdparm{u} texlive-base-bin-doc{u} ttf-wqy-zenhei{u} virtualbox-ose-source{u} 
The following packages will be upgraded:
  nvidia-185-kernel-source nvidia-185-libvdpau nvidia-185-modaliases nvidia-current nvidia-current-modaliases nvidia-glx-185 
The following partially installed packages will be configured:
  apport apport-kde apport-qt apt apt-transport-https apt-utils apt-xapian-index aptitude apturl-common apturl-kde command-not-found gdebi-core gdebi-kde install-package jockey-common jockey-kde knm-runtime kpackagekit kubuntu-debug-installer kubuntu-desktop 
  kubuntu-notification-helper language-selector-common language-selector-qt libapt-pkg-perl libept0 libpackagekit-glib2-12 libpackagekit-qt-12 lintian network-manager network-manager-kde packagekit packagekit-backend-apt python-apport python-apt python-debian 
  python-software-properties software-properties-kde tasksel tasksel-data ubufox ubuntu-minimal ubuntu-standard unattended-upgrades update-manager-core update-manager-kde update-notifier-common 
6 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 56 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/40.8MB of archives. After unpacking 109MB will be freed.
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Writing extended state information... Done
Setting up apt (0.7.25.3ubuntu7) ...
dpkg: error processing apt (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 apt
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
Setting up apt (0.7.25.3ubuntu7) ...
dpkg: error processing apt (--configure):
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apt-transport-https:
 apt-transport-https depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6-4.8; however:
  Package libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6-4.8 is not installed.
  Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6-4.8 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing apt-transport-https (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of packagekit:
 packagekit depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6-4.8; however:
  Package libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6-4.8 is not installed.
  Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6-4.8 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing packagekit (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libapt-pkg-perl:
 libapt-pkg-perl depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6-4.8; however:
  Package libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6-4.8 is not installed.
  Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6-4.8 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libapt-pkg-perl (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of tasksel:
 tasksel depends on apt (>= 0.6.45ubuntu14); however:
  Package apt is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing tasksel (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of tasksel-data:
 tasksel-data depends on tasksel; however:
  Package tasksel is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing tasksel-data (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of packagekit-backend-apt:
 packagekit-backend-apt depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6-4.8; however:
  Package libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6-4.8 is not installed.
  Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6-4.8 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing packagekit-backend-apt (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of lintian:
 lintian depends on libapt-pkg-perl; however:
  Package libapt-pkg-perl is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing lintian (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kpackagekit:
 kpackagekit depends on packagekit (>= 0.4.7); however:
  Package packagekit is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing kpackagekit (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of unattended-upgrades:
 unattended-upgrades depends on apt (>= 0.7); however:
  Package apt is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing unattended-upgrades (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of aptitude:
 aptitude depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6-4.8; however:
  Package libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6-4.8 is not installed.
  Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6-4.8 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing aptitude (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libept0:
 libept0 depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6-4.8; however:
  Package libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6-4.8 is not installed.
  Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6-4.8 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libept0 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libpackagekit-glib2-12:
 libpackagekit-glib2-12 depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6-4.8; however:
  Package libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6-4.8 is not installed.
  Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6-4.8 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libpackagekit-glib2-12 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-apt:
 python-apt depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6-4.8; however:
  Package libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6-4.8 is not installed.
  Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6-4.8 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing python-apt (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of language-selector-common:
 language-selector-common depends on python-apt (>= 0.7.12.0); however:
  Package python-apt is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing language-selector-common (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apt-utils:
 apt-utils depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6-4.8; however:
  Package libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6-4.8 is not installed.
  Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6-4.8 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing apt-utils (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-minimal:
 ubuntu-minimal depends on apt; however:
  Package apt is not configured yet.
 ubuntu-minimal depends on apt-utils; however:
  Package apt-utils is not configured yet.
 ubuntu-minimal depends on tasksel; however:
  Package tasksel is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ubuntu-minimal (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of update-notifier-common:
 update-notifier-common depends on python-apt (>= 0.6.12); however:
  Package python-apt is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing update-notifier-common (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-debian:
 python-debian depends on python-apt; however:
  Package python-apt is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing python-debian (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libpackagekit-qt-12:
 libpackagekit-qt-12 depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6-4.8; however:
  Package libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6-4.8 is not installed.
  Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6-4.8 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libpackagekit-qt-12 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apturl-common:
 apturl-common depends on python-apt; however:
  Package python-apt is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing apturl-common (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apt-xapian-index:
 apt-xapian-index depends on python-apt (>= 0.7.93.2); however:
  Package python-apt is not configured yet.
 apt-xapian-index depends on python-debian (>= 0.1.13); however:
  Package python-debian is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing apt-xapian-index (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of jockey-common:
 jockey-common depends on python-apt; however:
  Package python-apt is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing jockey-common (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-software-properties:
 python-software-properties depends on python-apt (>= 0.6.20ubuntu16); however:
  Package python-apt is not configured yet.
 python-software-properties depends on unattended-upgrades; however:
  Package unattended-upgrades is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing python-software-properties (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-standard:
 ubuntu-standard depends on aptitude; however:
  Package aptitude is not configured yet.
 ubuntu-standard depends on language-selector-common; however:
  Package language-selector-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ubuntu-standard (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of python-apport:
 python-apport depends on python-apt; however:
  Package python-apt is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing python-apport (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gdebi-core:
 gdebi-core depends on python-apt (>= 0.7.0); however:
  Package python-apt is not configured yet.
 gdebi-core depends on python-debian; however:
  Package python-debian is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gdebi-core (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of update-manager-core:
 update-manager-core depends on python-apt (>= 0.7.13.4ubuntu3); however:
  Package python-apt is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing update-manager-core (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apturl-kde:
 apturl-kde depends on apturl-common (= 0.4.1ubuntu4); however:
  Package apturl-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing apturl-kde (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kubuntu-debug-installer:
 kubuntu-debug-installer depends on kpackagekit; however:
  Package kpackagekit is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing kubuntu-debug-installer (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of software-properties-kde:
 software-properties-kde depends on python-software-properties; however:
  Package python-software-properties is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing software-properties-kde (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kubuntu-desktop:
 kubuntu-desktop depends on software-properties-kde; however:
  Package software-properties-kde is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing kubuntu-desktop (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gdebi-kde:
 gdebi-kde depends on gdebi-core (= 0.6.0ubuntu1); however:
  Package gdebi-core is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gdebi-kde (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of language-selector-qt:
 language-selector-qt depends on language-selector-common (= 0.5.7); however:
  Package language-selector-common is not configured yet.
 language-selector-qt depends on python-apt; however:
  Package python-apt is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing language-selector-qt (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apport-kde:
 apport-kde depends on python-apport (>= 0.80); however:
  Package python-apport is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing apport-kde (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of jockey-kde:
 jockey-kde depends on jockey-common (= 0.5.8-0ubuntu8); however:
  Package jockey-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing jockey-kde (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of update-manager-kde:
 update-manager-kde depends on update-manager-core; however:
  Package update-manager-core is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing update-manager-kde (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of command-not-found:
 command-not-found depends on python-apt; however:
  Package python-apt is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing command-not-found (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of network-manager:
 network-manager depends on update-notifier-common; however:
  Package update-notifier-common is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing network-manager (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apport:
 apport depends on python-apport (>= 0.120); however:
  Package python-apport is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing apport (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of knm-runtime:
 knm-runtime depends on network-manager (>= 0.7.0); however:
  Package network-manager is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing knm-runtime (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubufox:
 ubufox depends on apturl (>= 0.1.2ubuntu1) | apturl-kde; however:
  Package apturl is not installed.
  Package apturl-kde is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ubufox (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of install-package:
 install-package depends on gdebi-kde; however:
  Package gdebi-kde is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing install-package (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apport-qt:
 apport-qt depends on apport-kde; however:
  Package apport-kde is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing apport-qt (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of network-manager-kde:
 network-manager-kde depends on knm-runtime (= 0.9~svn1112085-0ubuntu4); however:
  Package knm-runtime is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing network-manager-kde (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kubuntu-notification-helper:
 kubuntu-notification-helper depends on install-package; however:
  Package install-package is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing kubuntu-notification-helper (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 apt
 apt-transport-https
 packagekit
 libapt-pkg-perl
 tasksel
 tasksel-data
 packagekit-backend-apt
 lintian
 kpackagekit
 unattended-upgrades
 aptitude
 libept0
 libpackagekit-glib2-12
 python-apt
 language-selector-common
 apt-utils
 ubuntu-minimal
 update-notifier-common
 python-debian
 libpackagekit-qt-12
 apturl-common
 apt-xapian-index
 jockey-common
 python-software-properties
 ubuntu-standard
 python-apport
 gdebi-core
 update-manager-core
 apturl-kde
 kubuntu-debug-installer
 software-properties-kde
 kubuntu-desktop
 gdebi-kde
 language-selector-qt
 apport-kde
 jockey-kde
 update-manager-kde
 command-not-found
 network-manager
 apport
 knm-runtime
 ubufox
 install-package
 apport-qt
 network-manager-kde
 kubuntu-notification-helper
Reading package lists... Done             
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Reading extended state information       
Initializing package states... Done