package hunspell-en-gb 1:6.0.3-3 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration

[Belmokhtar Azeddine]

dont know

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: hunspell-en-gb 1:6.0.3-3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-42.45-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-42-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Dec 4 12:28:02 2018
DuplicateSignature:
 package:hunspell-en-gb:1:6.0.3-3
 Setting up libperl5.26:i386 (5.26.1-6ubuntu0.3) ...
 dpkg: error processing package hunspell-en-gb (--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 2018-09-30 (71 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release i386 (20180725)
PackageArchitecture: all
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.7, python3-minimal, 3.6.7-1~18.04
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2.1
 apt 1.6.6
SourcePackage: libreoffice-dictionaries
Title: package hunspell-en-gb 1:6.0.3-3 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)

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

That may be a hardware issue; in any case it's not likely an issue with the hunspell-en-gb package.

To fix it for you:

sudo apt purge hunspell-en-gb
sudo apt install hunspell-en-gb