@teresa_athome Well, at least now we have a hint as to which package is broken:
$ sudo apt --fix-broken install
[sudo] password for <redacted>:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
libnvidia-cfg1-470 libnvidia-fbc1-470 libnvidia-fbc1-470:i386
The following packages will be upgraded:
libnvidia-cfg1-470 libnvidia-fbc1-470 libnvidia-fbc1-470:i386
3 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 14 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/269 kB of archives.
After this operation, 3,072 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
(Reading database ... 286997 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libnvidia-cfg1-470_470.256.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1_amd64.deb
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Unpacking libnvidia-cfg1-470:amd64 (470.256.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1) over (470.239.0
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Preparing to unpack .../libnvidia-fbc1-470_470.256.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1_amd64.deb
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De-configuring libnvidia-fbc1-470:i386 (470.239.06-0ubuntu0.22.04.1), to allow c
onfiguration of libnvidia-fbc1-470:amd64 (470.239.06-0ubuntu0.22.04.1) ...
Unpacking libnvidia-fbc1-470:amd64 (470.256.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1) over (470.239.0
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Unpacking libnvidia-fbc1-470:i386 (470.256.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1) over (470.239.06
-0ubuntu0.22.04.1) ...
dpkg: error processing package libnvidia-ifr1-470:i386 (--configure):
package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
reinstall it before attempting configuration
Setting up libnvidia-fbc1-470:amd64 (470.256.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1) ...
Setting up libnvidia-fbc1-470:i386 (470.256.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1) ...
Setting up libnvidia-cfg1-470:amd64 (470.256.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1) ...
Setting up xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-470 (470.256.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1) ...
Setting up nvidia-driver-470 (470.256.02-0ubuntu0.22.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.35-0ubuntu3.8) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
libnvidia-ifr1-470:i386
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
$ sudo dpkg -- configure -a
dpkg: error: need an action option
Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*];
Use 'apt' or 'aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;
Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through 'less' or 'more' !