16.10 VLCSoftware to be installed but paused while being installedpackage libsigsegv2:amd64 2.10-4 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration

[David Proctor]

I am not good at the mechanics or terminal (a user not a fixer)I have been using Linux since Mandrake days . I updated 14.04 64bit to 16.10 today and this the first new software I have tried to install and the bug reporter popped up. Sorry but I cannot help with any more of your questions.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libsigsegv2:amd64 2.10-4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-45.66-generic 4.4.21
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-45-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Nov 1 14:52:53 2016
Dependencies:
 gcc-6-base 6.0.1-0ubuntu1
 libc6 2.23-0ubuntu4
 libgcc1 1:6.0.1-0ubuntu1
 multiarch-support 2.23-0ubuntu4
DuplicateSignature:
 package:libsigsegv2:amd64:2.10-4
 Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~bzr0+16.04.20160824-0ubuntu1) ...
 Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
 dpkg: error processing package libsigsegv2:amd64 (--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 2016-10-31 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
 apt 1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1
SourcePackage: libsigsegv
Title: package libsigsegv2:amd64 2.10-4 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-11-01 (0 days ago)