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Whenever opening the Pop Shop, it freezes and crashes. Updating packages through aptitude works, but upgrading fails with

dpkg: dependency problems prevent processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:i386:
 libglib2.0-0:i386 depends on zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.2); however:
  Package zlib1g:i386 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package libglib2.0-0:i386 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving triggers unprocessed

zlib1g appears to be properly installed and sudo apt install ultimately triggers the same error:

$ sudo apt install zlib1g:i386
[sudo] password for redhand: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
zlib1g:i386 is already the newest version (1:1.2.11.dfsg-2ubuntu7.1).
zlib1g:i386 set to manually installed.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 37 not upgraded.
7 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
dpkg: dependency problems prevent processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:i386:
 libglib2.0-0:i386 depends on zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.2); however:
  Package zlib1g:i386 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package libglib2.0-0:i386 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving triggers unprocessed

Trying to fix the broken dependency tells me that zlib1g is definitely installed and up to date.

$ sudo apt install -f zlib1g
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
zlib1g is already the newest version (1:1.2.11.dfsg-2ubuntu7.1).

How do I fix this?

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sudo dpkg --configure -a fixed the problem.

In some cases it may need to be followed by sudo apt --fix-broken install

RedHand
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