ubuntu software center not working after update

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Published on 2012-12-12T04:17:05Z Indexed on 2012/12/12 5:17 UTC
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today I'm updated my Ubuntu (I have KDE Desktop installed on it before) & After update , my Ubuntu software center said : items cannot be installed or removed until the package catalog is repaired .do you want to repair it ? and when I'm clicked on Repair ,after 2 seconds it says : the installation or removal of software package Failed , with this details :

installArchives() failed: dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kdm:
 kdm depends on libkworkspace4abi1 (= 4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.1); however:
  Version of libkworkspace4abi1 on system is 4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.2.
 kdm depends on kde-workspace-kgreet-plugins (= 4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.1); however:
  Version of kde-workspace-kgreet-plugins on system is 4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.2.
dpkg: error processing kdm (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kubuntu-desktop:
 kubuntu-desktop depends on kdm; however:
  Package kdm is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing kubuntu-desktop (--configure):
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 kdm
 kubuntu-desktop
Error in function: 
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kdm:
 kdm depends on libkworkspace4abi1 (= 4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.1); however:
  Version of libkworkspace4abi1 on system is 4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.2.
 kdm depends on kde-workspace-kgreet-plugins (= 4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.1); however:
  Version of kde-workspace-kgreet-plugins on system is 4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.2.
dpkg: error processing kdm (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kubuntu-desktop:
 kubuntu-desktop depends on kdm; however:
  Package kdm is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing kubuntu-desktop (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
please help me i love Ubuntu & i want to repair it . Thanks 

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