package im-config 0.29-1ubuntu12.4 failed to install/upgrade: package im-config is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')

[kay dee]

please fix

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: im-config 0.29-1ubuntu12.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Oct 10 08:40:11 2020
DuplicateSignature:
 package:im-config:0.29-1ubuntu12.4
 Unpacking python-software-properties (0.96.20.10) ...
 dpkg: error processing package im-config (--configure):
  package im-config is not ready for configuration
ErrorMessage: package im-config is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-11 (1704 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.6
 apt 1.2.32ubuntu0.1
SourcePackage: im-config
Title: package im-config 0.29-1ubuntu12.4 failed to install/upgrade: package im-config is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Eduardo Barretto (ebarretto)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

This sounds as some kind of hardware glitch to me. Please try:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall im-config

and let us know if that helped.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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