package fonts-noto-cjk 1:1.004+repack1-1 failed to install/upgrade: package fonts-noto-cjk is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')

[Henrique Miranda]

Failed to install while installing npm with the command:
sudo apt-get install npm

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: fonts-noto-cjk 1:1.004+repack1-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.40-generic 4.4.8
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Jun 5 04:26:59 2016
Dependencies:

ErrorMessage: package fonts-noto-cjk is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-25 (10 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160421)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
 apt 1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1
SourcePackage: fonts-noto-cjk
Title: package fonts-noto-cjk 1:1.004+repack1-1 failed to install/upgrade: package fonts-noto-cjk is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson (gunnarhj)]

Sounds like a hardware glitch to me. Please try:

sudo apt install --reinstall fonts-noto-cjk

and let us know if it fixes it.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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