package libplasma3 4:4.9.5-0ubuntu0.1 failed to install/upgrade: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting configuration.

[Pedro Barros]

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ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: libplasma3 4:4.9.5-0ubuntu0.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-25.39-generic 3.5.7.4
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-25-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu10
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Mar 8 12:21:16 2013
DuplicateSignature:
 Setting up libthreadweaver4 (4:4.9.5-0ubuntu0.1) ...
 dpkg: error processing libplasma3 (--configure):
  Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
ErrorMessage: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting configuration.
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-02-12 (29 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386 (20121017.2)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: kde4libs
Title: package libplasma3 4:4.9.5-0ubuntu0.1 failed to install/upgrade: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting configuration.
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Harald Sitter (apachelogger)]

Error: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly

something made dpkg crash/exit while it was doing an upgrade, eventually resulting in an inconsistent state, nothing we can do about this from a kdelibs perspective.