package unity-scope-mediascanner2 0.2+14.04.20140404-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration

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ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: unity-scope-mediascanner2 0.2+14.04.20140404-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-68.111-generic 3.13.11-ckt27
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-68-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Nov 30 16:48:56 2015
DuplicateSignature: package:unity-scope-mediascanner2:0.2+14.04.20140404-0ubuntu1: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 2014-11-16 (408 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.5
 apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.10
SourcePackage: unity-scope-mediascanner
Title: package unity-scope-mediascanner2 0.2+14.04.20140404-0ubuntu1 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)

[Michi Henning (michihenning)]

Re-assigning to mediascanner2.

[James Henstridge (jamesh)]

This really looks like there is something corrupt in the local package database, which not really reproducible without knowing what happened prior to this error.

This Ask Ubuntu question might help you with the problem if you still have it:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/148715/how-to-fix-package-is-in-a-very-bad-inconsistent-state-error