package foomatic-filters 4.0.17-8 failed to install/upgrade: package foomatic-filters is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')

[shivaraj p]

always shows up when any program installed

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: foomatic-filters 4.0.17-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-104.127-generic 4.4.98
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-104-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15
Architecture: amd64
CupsErrorLog:

Date: Sat Feb 3 12:00:09 2018
DuplicateSignature:
 package:foomatic-filters:4.0.17-8
 Setting up libc6-dev:amd64 (2.23-0ubuntu10) ...
 dpkg: error processing package foomatic-filters (--configure):
  package foomatic-filters is not ready for configuration
ErrorMessage: package foomatic-filters is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
Lpstat: Error: command ['lpstat', '-v'] failed with exit code 1: lpstat: Bad file descriptor
MachineType: Acer Aspire V5-572P
Papersize: a4
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-104-generic root=UUID=130c53b8-4124-4bd6-b2d6-9fec5721edd5 ro splash quiet
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.3
 apt 1.2.24
SourcePackage: foomatic-filters
Title: package foomatic-filters 4.0.17-8 failed to install/upgrade: package foomatic-filters is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 04/08/2013
dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde Corp.
dmi.bios.version: V2.01
dmi.board.asset.tag: Type2 - Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: Dazzle_CX
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: Type2 - A01 Board Version
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacturer
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsydeCorp.:bvrV2.01:bd04/08/2013:svnAcer:pnAspireV5-572P:pvrV2.01:rvnAcer:rnDazzle_CX:rvrType2-A01BoardVersion:cvnChassisManufacturer:ct10:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: Aspire V5-572P
dmi.product.version: V2.01
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer

[Till Kamppeter (till-kamppeter)]

This package discontinued upstream and its functionality is completely covered by cups-filters. So please uninstall this package:

sudo dpkg -P foomatic-filters

and make sure the appropriate components of cups-filters are installed:

sudo apt-get install cups-filters

Closing this bug as it is about an obsolete package.