package libisc-export160 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.5 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration

[phamy]

N/A

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libisc-export160 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-66.87-generic 4.4.44
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-66-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Mar 17 16:00:37 2017
Dependencies:
 gcc-6-base 6.0.1-0ubuntu1
 libc6 2.23-0ubuntu5
 libgcc1 1:6.0.1-0ubuntu1
DuplicateSignature:
 package:libisc-export160:1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.5
 Processing triggers for dbus (1.10.6-1ubuntu3.3) ...
 dpkg: error processing package libisc-export160 (--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 2016-05-12 (309 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
 apt 1.2.19
SourcePackage: bind9
Title: package libisc-export160 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.5 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)

[Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer)]

Hi,
I haven't found anything in the logs that points to a more specific root cause that could be solved. In general for cases like that I follow and recommend a procedure like this:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/148715/how-to-fix-package-is-in-a-very-bad-inconsistent-state-error

Could you report back if this didn't solve it for you?

[Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer)]

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

Since it seems likely to me that this is a local setup problem, rather than a bug in Ubuntu, I'm marking this bug as Incomplete for now.

If the suggested fix to resolve did not help 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.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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