Comment 0 for bug 1493145

I'm running ubuntu 14.04 Trusty and I tried to update and for some reason there are now unmet dependencies. Tried to reinstall as ubuntu recommends but it says the following:

dpkg: error processing package empathy-common (--configure):
 package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
 reinstall it before attempting configuration
Errors were encountered while processing:
 empathy-common
Error in function:
dpkg: error processing package empathy-common (--configure):
 package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
 reinstall it before attempting configuration

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: empathy-common 3.8.6-0ubuntu9.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-55.94-generic 3.13.11-ckt20
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-55-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.11
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Sep 7 13:14:44 2015
DuplicateSignature: package:empathy-common:3.8.6-0ubuntu9.2:package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration
ErrorMessage: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-11 (514 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: empathy
Title: package empathy-common 3.8.6-0ubuntu9.2 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2015-01-18 (231 days ago)