im having problem updating my ubuntu 12.04 (64 bit)

ran below command 

apt-get update && apt-get upgrade

resulted to: 

Setting up libglib2.0-bin (2.32.4-0ubuntu1) ... rmdir: failed to remove `/etc/etc/': Not a directory dpkg: error processing libglib2.0-bin (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of lightdm: lightdm depends on libglib2.0-bin; however: Package libglib2.0-bin is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing lightdm (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of unity: unity depends on libglib2.0-bin; however: Package libglib2.0-bin is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing unity (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured 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. Errors were encountered while processing: libglib2.0-bin lightdm unity E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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Try the following:

sudo apt-get remove --purge libglib2.0-bin sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-bin sudo apt-get -f install sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Note from comments: there appears to be a bug as described here There shouldn't be an /etc/etc/ folder path. I don't know how you got it. Try to reinstall dpkg with sudo apt-get install --reinstall dpkg if that fails try sudo apt-get remove --purge dpkg and install it again with sudo apt-get install dpkg.

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