package whoopsie 0.2.54 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting a removal

[Jose Ruiz Esparza]

The upgrade to Ubuntu 17 was running but my dog stepped on the power chord and shut down the computer while installing the updates. After that I got this errors.

jruizmeillon@JRuizMeillon:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 17.04
Release: 17.04

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: whoopsie 0.2.54
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-48.51-generic 4.8.17
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-48-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2
AptOrdering:
 whoopsie:i386: Remove
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Apr 14 10:46:04 2017
DpkgTerminalLog:
 dpkg: error processing package whoopsie (--remove):
  package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
  reinstall it before attempting a removal
ErrorMessage: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting a removal
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-03-31 (14 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release i386 (20161012.1)
RelatedPackageVersions: apport-noui N/A
SourcePackage: whoopsie
Title: package whoopsie 0.2.54 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting a removal
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-04-14 (0 days ago)

[dino99 (9d9)]

That version is now dead
http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-17-04-zesty-zapus-has-reached-end-of-life-upgrade-to-ubuntu-17-10-now-519360.shtml