package libisc160:amd64 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.5 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration

[Brian Zirkle]

crashing consistently when trying to run updates

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libisc160:amd64 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-64.85-generic 4.4.44
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-64-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Mar 3 22:14:03 2017
DpkgHistoryLog:
 Start-Date: 2017-03-03 22:13:23
 Commandline: aptdaemon role='role-commit-packages' sender=':1.62'
 Upgrade: vlc-plugin-samba:amd64 (2.2.2-5, 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.1), snapd:amd64 (2.22.3, 2.22.6), snap-confine:amd64 (2.22.3, 2.22.6), vlc-nox:amd64 (2.2.2-5, 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.1), vlc-plugin-notify:amd64 (2.2.2-5, 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.1), libvlc5:amd64 (2.2.2-5, 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.1), libvlccore8:amd64 (2.2.2-5, 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.1), chromium-browser:amd64 (55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.1263, 56.0.2924.76-0ubuntu0.16.04.1268), chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra:amd64 (55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.1263, 56.0.2924.76-0ubuntu0.16.04.1268), vlc:amd64 (2.2.2-5, 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.1), vlc-data:amd64 (2.2.2-5, 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.1), chromium-browser-l10n:amd64 (55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.1263, 56.0.2924.76-0ubuntu0.16.04.1268)
DuplicateSignature:
 package:libisc160:amd64:1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.5
 Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu5) ...
 dpkg: error processing package libisc160:amd64 (--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 2016-03-13 (355 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
 apt 1.2.19
SourcePackage: bind9
Title: package libisc160:amd64 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.5 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-07-23 (223 days ago)

[Nish Aravamudan (nacc)]

Hello and thank you for filing this bug report.

Have you tried reinstalling libisc160 as apt advised?

apt purge libisc160
apt install libisc160

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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