package libheimntlm0-heimdal:i386 1.7~git20150920+dfsg-4ubuntu1.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration

[Alessandro Mendes]

not updated

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libheimntlm0-heimdal:i386 1.7~git20150920+dfsg-4ubuntu1.16.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-35.39~16.04.1-generic 4.10.17
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-35-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Oct 22 09:37:53 2017
DuplicateSignature:
 package:libheimntlm0-heimdal:i386:1.7~git20150920+dfsg-4ubuntu1.16.04.1
 Processing triggers for dbus (1.10.6-1ubuntu3.3) ...
 dpkg: error processing package libheimntlm0-heimdal:i386 (--configure):
  package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
ErrorMessage: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-03-06 (229 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release i386 (20170215.2)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
 apt 1.2.24
SourcePackage: heimdal
Title: package libheimntlm0-heimdal:i386 1.7~git20150920+dfsg-4ubuntu1.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)]

Thanks for filing this bug in Ubuntu.

Could you please try these commands and see if they help solve the problem:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install --reinstall libheimntlm0-heimdal:i386
sudo apt -f install

Please let us know how it goes.

Thanks!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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