package humanity-icon-theme 0.6.11.1 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration

[Manoj Majumdar]

When I tried to reinstall ubuntu software center, then some errors were reported. This was amongst those errors. dpkg was the directory i think in which this error came

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: humanity-icon-theme 0.6.11.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-59.64-generic 4.8.17
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-59-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Aug 27 01:16:44 2017
DuplicateSignature:
 package:humanity-icon-theme:0.6.11.1
 Setting up imagemagick-6.q16 (8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu8.6) ...
 dpkg: error processing package humanity-icon-theme (--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 2017-08-26 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu1.1
 apt 1.3.5
SourcePackage: humanity-icon-theme
Title: package humanity-icon-theme 0.6.11.1 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)

[dino99 (9d9)]

This is an unsupported release now. Please think to install the next LTS 'Bionic 18.04'

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu-next/daily-live/current/
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/02/ubuntu-18-04-minimal-install-option