package openssh-sftp-server 1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.8 failed to install/upgrade: package openssh-sftp-server is already installed and configured

[victor]

after sudo apt-get install openssh-server

this crashes.
Ubuntu 14.04 gnome3 version

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: openssh-sftp-server 1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-45.66~14.04.1-generic 4.4.21
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-45-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21
AptdaemonVersion: 1.1.1-1ubuntu5.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Oct 24 21:10:57 2016
DuplicateSignature: package:openssh-sftp-server:1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.8:package openssh-sftp-server is already installed and configured
ErrorMessage: package openssh-sftp-server is already installed and configured
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-10-12 (12 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.7
 apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.15
SourcePackage: openssh
Title: package openssh-sftp-server 1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.8 failed to install/upgrade: package openssh-sftp-server is already installed and configured
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Robie Basak (racb)]

From log:

Log started: 2016-10-24 21:10:52
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(Reading database ... 441305 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../tzdata_2016h-0ubuntu0.14.04_all.deb ...
Unpacking tzdata (2016h-0ubuntu0.14.04) over (2016g-0ubuntu0.14.04) ...
Setting up tzdata (2016h-0ubuntu0.14.04) ...

Current default time zone: 'Europe/Madrid'
Local time is now: Mon Oct 24 21:10:56 CEST 2016.
Universal Time is now: Mon Oct 24 19:10:56 UTC 2016.
Run 'dpkg-reconfigure tzdata' if you wish to change it.

dpkg: error processing package ncurses-term (--configure):
 package ncurses-term is already installed and configured
dpkg: error processing package openssh-sftp-server (--configure):
 package openssh-sftp-server is already installed and configured
dpkg: error processing package openssh-server (--configure):
 package openssh-server is already installed and configured
dpkg: error processing package ssh-import-id (--configure):
 package ssh-import-id is already installed and configured

[Robie Basak (racb)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Since there isn't enough information in your report to differentiate between a local configuration problem and a bug in Ubuntu, I'm marking this bug as Incomplete.

If indeed this is a local configuration problem, you can find pointers to get help for this sort of problem here: http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community

Or 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.