package aptitude-common (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: no package named 'aptitude-common' is installed, cannot configure

[Jaden Coakley]

This wouldnt workwhen i tryed to install it.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: aptitude-common (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-28.47-generic 4.4.13
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-28-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jul 6 17:17:02 2016
DuplicateSignature:
 Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...
 dpkg: error processing package aptitude-common (--configure):
  no package named 'aptitude-common' is installed, cannot configure
ErrorMessage: no package named 'aptitude-common' is installed, cannot configure
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-06-28 (8 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1
 apt 1.2.10ubuntu1
SourcePackage: aptitude
Title: package aptitude-common (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: no package named 'aptitude-common' is installed, cannot configure
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)