package openssh-client 1:7.2p2-4 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration

[shaik]

os updates failed

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: openssh-client 1:7.2p2-4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.40-generic 4.4.8
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue May 24 19:54:34 2016
DuplicateSignature:
 Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
 dpkg: error processing package openssh-client (--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 2015-12-13 (163 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 ssh-askpass N/A
 libpam-ssh N/A
 keychain N/A
 ssh-askpass-gnome 1:7.2p2-4
SSHClientVersion: OpenSSH_7.2p2 Ubuntu-4, OpenSSL 1.0.2g-fips 1 Mar 2016
SourcePackage: openssh
Title: package openssh-client 1:7.2p2-4 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-23 (30 days ago)

[Joshua Powers (powersj)]

From log:

dpkg: error processing package openssh-client (--configure):
 package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
 reinstall it before attempting configuration

[Joshua Powers (powersj)]

Thank you for your report.

This looks like a local configuration problem, rather than a bug in Ubuntu. Per the logs it appears that the package is reported to be in an inconsistent state. The way to resolve this is to reinstall the package and get it back to a normal state.

You can find pointers to get help for this sort of problem here: http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community

Since we use this bug tracker to track bugs in Ubuntu, rather than configuration problems, I'm marking this bug as 'Incomplete'. This helps us to focus on fixing bugs in Ubuntu.

If you believe that this is really a bug, then you may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem, explain why you believe this is a bug in Ubuntu rather than a problem specific to your system, and then change the bug status back to New.

[shaik (shaikfaizee2)]

Dear Team,

Thank you very much for your extended support.

Regards
Shaik Dawood H
00966532900143

On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 11:44 PM, Joshua Powers <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Thank you for your report.
>
> This looks like a local configuration problem, rather than a bug in
> Ubuntu. Per the logs it appears that the package is reported to be in an
> inconsistent state. The way to resolve this is to reinstall the package
> and get it back to a normal state.
>
> You can find pointers to get help for this sort of problem here:
> http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community
>
> Since we use this bug tracker to track bugs in Ubuntu, rather than
> configuration problems, I'm marking this bug as 'Incomplete'. This helps
> us to focus on fixing bugs in Ubuntu.
>
> If you believe that this is really a bug, then you may find it helpful
> to read "How to report bugs effectively"
> http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful
> if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem,
> explain why you believe this is a bug in Ubuntu rather than a problem
> specific to your system, and then change the bug status back to New.
>
> ** Changed in: openssh (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1585295
>
> Title:
> package openssh-client 1:7.2p2-4 failed to install/upgrade: package is
> in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before
> attempting configuration
>
> Status in openssh package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> os updates failed
>
> ProblemType: Package
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
> Package: openssh-client 1:7.2p2-4
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.40-generic 4.4.8
> Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Tue May 24 19:54:34 2016
> DuplicateSignature:
> Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
> dpkg: error processing package openssh-client (--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 2015-12-13 (163 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64
> (20151021)
> RelatedPackageVersions:
> ssh-askpass N/A
> libpam-ssh N/A
> keychain N/A
> ssh-askpass-gnome 1:7.2p2-4
> SSHClientVersion: OpenSSH_7.2p2 Ubuntu-4, OpenSSL 1.0.2g-fips 1 Mar 2016
> SourcePackage: openssh
> Title: package openssh-client 1:7.2p2-4 failed to install/upgrade:
> package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it
> before attempting configuration
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-23 (30 days ago)
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openssh/+bug/
> 1585295/+subscriptions
>

[Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer)]

/me is ignoring any irony for now

Joshua just finally cleaned and handled a lot of bugs that were missed to have taken care of - thank you for that.
That said if you come by hundreds of similar issues sometimes answers become rather short.
And IMHO most of the time people don't even care as they used it as fire-and-forget bug report and fixed it 5 minutes later via a search engine leading mostly to askubuntu.

That said in such cases as yours I usually recommend following this askubuntu Entry which covers the case in a good way.
http://askubuntu.com/questions/148715/how-to-fix-package-is-in-a-very-bad-inconsistent-state-error

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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