Whenever I try to update the software an error appears like "The installation or removal of a software package failed"

Bug #1207704 reported by Spandana Gurram
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dpkg (Ubuntu)
Invalid
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Bug Description

Whenever I try to update the software an error appears like
dpkg: error processing gnupg (--configure):
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting configuration.
Errors were encountered while processing:
 gnupg
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: dpkg 1.16.10ubuntu1
Uname: Linux 3.9.0-030900-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.3
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Aug 2 16:36:17 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-02-20 (162 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_IN:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_IN
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: dpkg
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-05-28 (65 days ago)

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Spandana Gurram (spandana-gurram) wrote :
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dino99 (9d9) wrote :

This is no more a supported version now

Changed in dpkg (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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