package light-themes 16.10+16.10.20161024-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration

[tom linson]

begins at start up

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: light-themes 16.10+16.10.20161024-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-26.28-generic 4.8.0
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-26-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Nov 4 00:01:45 2016
DuplicateSignature:
 package:light-themes:16.10+16.10.20161024-0ubuntu1
 Setting up python3-libapparmor (2.10.95-4ubuntu5.1) ...
 dpkg: error processing package light-themes (--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 (6 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu1
 apt 1.3.1
SourcePackage: ubuntu-themes
Title: package light-themes 16.10+16.10.20161024-0ubuntu1 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)

[Rodrigo Lledó (rodhos-hp)]

Probably is not a bug and you just need to reinstall the package.
Try with:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall light-themes

[Rodrigo Lledó (rodhos-hp)]

Also, this is not a place for asking support. There are a multitude of ways you can get help using Ubuntu, such as the Launchpad answer tracker, the Ask Ubuntu site, the Ubuntu forums, the #ubuntu channel on the Freenode IRC server, and the ubuntu-users mailing list.

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.
Ubuntu 16.10 (yakkety) reached end-of-life on July 20, 2017.

See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for ubuntu-themes (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]