So, "dpkg --configure -a" failed.
I opened up a shell and tried invoking dpkg manually on the .debs.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/cache/apt/archives$ sudo dpkg -i fontconfig*
(Reading database ... 211754 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace fontconfig 2.6.0-1ubuntu2 (using
fontconfig_2.6.0-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement fontconfig ...
Preparing to replace fontconfig-config 2.5.0-2ubuntu3 (using
fontconfig-config_2.6.0-1ubuntu2_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement fontconfig-config ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of fontconfig:
fontconfig depends on libfontconfig1 (>= 2.4.0); however:
Package libfontconfig1 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing fontconfig (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up fontconfig-config (2.6.0-1ubuntu2) ...
Installing new version of config file
/etc/fonts/conf.avail/25-unhint-nonlatin.conf ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/fonts/conf.avail/40-nonlatin.conf
...
Installing new version of config file /etc/fonts/conf.avail/45-latin.conf ...
Installing new version of config file
/etc/fonts/conf.avail/53-monospace-lcd-filter.conf ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/fonts/conf.avail/60-latin.conf ...
Installing new version of config file
/etc/fonts/conf.avail/65-fonts-persian.conf ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/fonts/conf.avail/65-nonlatin.conf ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/fonts/conf.avail/69-unifont.conf ...
Processing triggers for doc-base ...
Processing 1 changed doc-base file(s)...
Registering documents with scrollkeeper...
Errors were encountered while processing:
fontconfig
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I then tried installing libfontconfig1 first, which I think did the
trick. Currently my system is crunching through "dpkg --configure -a"
again, but without the error messages.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/cache/apt/archives$ sudo dpkg -i libfontconfig1*
(Reading database ... 211753 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libfontconfig1 2.6.0-1ubuntu2 (using
libfontconfig1_2.6.0-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libfontconfig1 ...
Preparing to replace libfontconfig1-dev 2.6.0-1ubuntu2 (using
libfontconfig1-dev_2.6.0-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libfontconfig1-dev ...
Setting up libfontconfig1 (2.6.0-1ubuntu2) ...
Setting up libfontconfig1-dev (2.6.0-1ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for doc-base ...
Processing 1 changed doc-base file(s)...
Registering documents with scrollkeeper...
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/cache/apt/archives$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
...
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package fontconfig-config 2.6.0-2ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/247718
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