package python-xapian 1.2.12-2 failed to install/upgrade: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting configuration.

[Akash Mankar]

I 'm not able to launch the software center even after repeated efforts

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: python-xapian 1.2.12-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-34.55-generic 3.5.7.13
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-34-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu11
AptOrdering:
 python-xapian: Configure
 software-center-aptdaemon-plugins: Configure
 software-center: Configure
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jul 1 18:10:41 2013
DpkgTerminalLog:
 dpkg: error processing python-xapian (--configure):
  Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
  reinstall it before attempting configuration.
 Setting up software-center-aptdaemon-plugins (0.1.5) ...
DuplicateSignature: package:python-xapian:1.2.12-2:Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting configuration.
ErrorMessage: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting configuration.
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-06-17 (14 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: xapian-bindings
Title: package python-xapian 1.2.12-2 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)

[Olly Betts (ojwb)]

This issue was reported multiple times for python-xapian (though as I noted in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xapian-bindings/+bug/1075632/comments/2 it doesn't seem specific to python-xapian) but there are no reports against python3-xapian, so I'm closing as fixed by the removed of python-xapian (as part of the Python2 purge).