package tzdata 2018e-0ubuntu0.18.04 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration

[Jouni Haapala]

package installation failed, inconsistent content

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: tzdata 2018e-0ubuntu0.18.04
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-36.39-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-36-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Oct 15 20:16:55 2018
DuplicateSignature:
 package:tzdata:2018e-0ubuntu0.18.04
 Setting up libcurl3-gnutls:amd64 (7.58.0-2ubuntu3.3) ...
 dpkg: error processing package tzdata (--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 2018-10-15 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
PackageArchitecture: all
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.6, python3-minimal, 3.6.5-3ubuntu1
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2
 apt 1.6.3ubuntu0.1
SourcePackage: tzdata
Title: package tzdata 2018e-0ubuntu0.18.04 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)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Benjamin Drung (bdrung)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Relevant dpkg terminal log:

```
dpkg: error processing package tzdata (--configure):
 package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
 reinstall it before attempting configuration
```

[Benjamin Drung (bdrung)]

Were you able to successfully re-install tzdata?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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