Comment 9 for bug 872172

This problem may appear in amd64 system trying to use i386 program.
For me the problem solution is:

sudo apt-get install libcanberra-gtk-module:i386 libcanberra-gtk0:i386

If it does not work try reinstalling libcanberra-gtk0 AT YOUR OWN RISK. The uninstallation causes removing of possibly very important packets for You. Please analyze a packet list at step 2. If any problems after step 3 (power loss or bug) POSSIBLE YOU WILL HAVE A SYSTEM WITHOUT A DESKTOP.

1. Run but don't confirm at prompt [Y/N]
sudo apt-get remove libcanberra-gtk0

2. Carefully analyze apt-get answer and find a list of packets to be removed. The lines maybe different from computer to computer. For example:

Packets to be REMOVED:
  gnome-session-canberra gnome-session-fallback libcanberra-gtk-module
  libcanberra-gtk0 metacity ubuntu-desktop

If You will not restore these packets possibly You will have great problems.

3. Copy this packet list to Your favorite text editor

4. Answer "Y"

5. Run the command after replacing <list> with saved list (with spaces between elements) of removed packets at step 3:

sudo apt-get install <list> libcanberra-gtk0

For previous example

sudo apt-get install gnome-session-canberra gnome-session-fallback libcanberra-gtk-module
  libcanberra-gtk0 metacity ubuntu-desktop libcanberra-gtk0