Comment 2 for bug 1677197

ozzie@ozzie-R780-R778:~$ sudo apt-get install libaudiofile1:i386
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
libaudiofile1 is already the newest version (0.3.6-2ubuntu0.16.04.1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
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dpkg: error processing package libaudiofile1:i386 (--configure):
 package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
 reinstall it before attempting configuration
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libaudiofile1:i386
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
ozzie@ozzie-R780-R778:~$