package coreutils 8.25-2ubuntu2 [modified: bin/cat bin/chgrp bin/chmod bin/chown bin/cp bin/date bin/dd bin/df bin/dir bin/echo bin/false bin/ln bin/ls bin/mkdir bin/mknod bin/mktemp bin/mv bin/pwd bin/readlink bin/rm bin/rmdir bin/sleep bin/stty bin/sync bin/touch bin/true bin/uname bin/vdir usr/share/man/man1/base32.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/base64.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/basename.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/cat.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/chmod.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/chown.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/cksum.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/comm.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/cp.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/csplit.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/cut.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/dd.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/dir.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/dirname.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/du.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/expand.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/factor.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/false.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/fold.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/groups.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/head.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/hostid.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/id.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/install.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/join.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/link.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/ln.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/logname.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/ls.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/mkdir.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/mkfifo.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/mknod.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/nice.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/nl.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/nohup.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/nproc.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/od.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/paste.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/pathchk.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/pinky.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/pr.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/printenv.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/printf.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/ptx.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/pwd.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/realpath.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/rm.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/rmdir.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/seq.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/sha1sum.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/sha224sum.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/sha384sum.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/sha512sum.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/shuf.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/sleep.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/stat.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/stdbuf.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/stty.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/sum.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/sync.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/tail.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/tee.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/timeout.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/touch.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/tr.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/true.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/truncate.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/tsort.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/tty.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/uname.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/uniq.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/users.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/wc.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/who.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/whoami.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/yes.1.gz usr/share/man/man8/chroot.8.gz] failed to install/upgrade: package coreutils is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')

[Ismailcomh]

cannot get to remove firefox as i would like to install the south african version.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-52.55~16.04.1-generic 4.8.17
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-52-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
AptOrdering:
 coreutils: Configure
 firefox: Remove
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun May 21 19:03:15 2017
DpkgTerminalLog:
 dpkg: error processing package coreutils (--configure):
  package coreutils is not ready for configuration
  cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
ErrorMessage: package coreutils is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-21 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
 apt 1.2.20
SourcePackage: coreutils
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)