package ncurses-term 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration

[John Hill]

package ncurses-term 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ncurses-term 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-32.35~16.04.1-generic 4.13.13
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-32-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15
AptOrdering:
 gnome-disk-utility: Install
 ncurses-term: Configure
 gnome-disk-utility: Configure
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Mar 3 11:37:55 2018
Dependencies:

DpkgHistoryLog:
 Start-Date: 2018-03-03 11:37:53
 Commandline: aptdaemon role='role-commit-packages' sender=':1.84'
 Upgrade: gnome-disk-utility:amd64 (3.18.3.1-1ubuntu1, 3.18.3.1-1ubuntu1.1)
DuplicateSignature:
 package:ncurses-term:6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1
 Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.48.2-0ubuntu1) ...
 dpkg: error processing package ncurses-term (--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 2018-02-03 (27 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.3
 apt 1.2.25
SourcePackage: ncurses
Title: package ncurses-term 6.0+20160213-1ubuntu1 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)