package firefox 1:1snap1-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting a removal

[Tgkprog]

my laptop has 1 OS only. there are hard disk errors. i think firefox and some other sectors got corrupted. trying to fix it now with
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1491205/i-cant-download-any-snap-application-even-open-the-used-once-ubuntu-lts-22-04

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1258137/cannot-communicate-with-server-post-http-localhost-v2-apps-dial-unix-run-sn

gave commands:

sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/1/zoom_amd64.deb

sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt --fix-broken install
sudo apt upgrade -y

# realized i have two zooms

sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt --fix-broken install
sudo apt remove zoom
zoom --disable-gpu-sandbox
sudo apt remove zoom
sudo snap remove zoom-client
sudo snap remove zoom

sudo apt update

sudo apt upgrade -y

sudo snap remove zoom
sudo apt autoremove --purge snapd

# *** below is output of this command ***
#The following packages will be REMOVED:
# firefox snapd*
#0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
#1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 103 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
#dpkg: error processing package firefox (--remove):
# package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
# reinstall it before attempting a removal
#dpkg: too many errors, stopping
#Errors were encountered while processing:
# firefox
#Processing was halted because there were too many errors.

sudo dpkg-reconfigure snapd
sudo apt reinstall snapd
sudo snap remove zoom
sudo apt autoremove --purge snapd
history | grep cut | grep history

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: firefox 1:1snap1-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.2.0-37.38~22.04.1-generic 6.2.16
Uname: Linux 6.2.0-37-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
Date: Tue Nov 28 04:41:02 2023
DpkgTerminalLog:
 dpkg: error processing package firefox (--remove):
  package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
  reinstall it before attempting a removal
 dpkg: too many errors, stopping
ErrorMessage: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting a removal
InstallationDate: Installed on 2023-06-15 (165 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20230223)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.10, Python 3.10.12, python3-minimal, 3.10.6-1~22.04
PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python3.10, Python 3.10.12, unpackaged
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.21.1ubuntu2.2
 apt 2.4.11
SourcePackage: firefox
Title: package firefox 1:1snap1-0ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting a removal
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)