package libkrb5-26-heimdal:amd64 1.7~git20150920+dfsg-4ubuntu1.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration

[GaryR]

Was doing an update

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libkrb5-26-heimdal:amd64 1.7~git20150920+dfsg-4ubuntu1.16.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-26.29~16.04.2-generic 4.13.13
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-26-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Mar 12 11:40:06 2018
DuplicateSignature:
 package:libkrb5-26-heimdal:amd64:1.7~git20150920+dfsg-4ubuntu1.16.04.1
 Setting up libc6-dev:amd64 (2.23-0ubuntu10) ...
 dpkg: error processing package libkrb5-26-heimdal:amd64 (--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 2017-11-03 (128 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.3
 apt 1.2.25
SourcePackage: heimdal
Title: package libkrb5-26-heimdal:amd64 1.7~git20150920+dfsg-4ubuntu1.16.04.1 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)

[Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)]

Thanks for filing this bug in Ubuntu.

As the logs say, it looks like your libkrb5-26-heimdal package is in a bad state. Please try to reinstall it:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install --reinstall libkrb5-26-heimdal

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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