package libwireshark8:i386 2.2.6+g32dac6a-2ubuntu0.16.04 failed to install/upgrade: package libwireshark8:i386 is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')

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ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libwireshark8:i386 2.2.6+g32dac6a-2ubuntu0.16.04
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-83.106-generic 4.4.70
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-83-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6
AptOrdering:
 libwireshark8: Configure
 wireshark-common: Configure
 wireshark-qt: Configure
 wireshark: Configure
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Jul 10 15:30:12 2017
ErrorMessage: package libwireshark8:i386 is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-01-18 (173 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release i386 (20160719)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
 apt 1.2.20
SourcePackage: wireshark
Title: package libwireshark8:i386 2.2.6+g32dac6a-2ubuntu0.16.04 failed to install/upgrade: package libwireshark8:i386 is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Seth Arnold (seth-arnold)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

[Seth Arnold (seth-arnold)]

Please note you may have hardware issues on this machine. Install mcelog and check the resulting logfiles.

Thanks

[Seth Arnold (seth-arnold)]

This may be a duplicate of bug 1692981.

[Peter Wu (lekensteyn)]

libwireshark8 being half-installed is rather strange. If the original reporter does not provide more details (such as further terminal output), I'd suggest to close this issue.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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