package libk5crypto3:amd64 1.13.2+dfsg-5ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: package libk5crypto3:amd64 is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')

[Ashish Tomer]

I got this problem while updating my system.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libk5crypto3:amd64 1.13.2+dfsg-5ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-98.121-generic 4.4.90
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-98-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Oct 31 08:06:32 2017
Dependencies:
 gcc-6-base 6.0.1-0ubuntu1
 libc6 2.23-0ubuntu9
 libgcc1 1:6.0.1-0ubuntu1
 libkrb5support0 1.13.2+dfsg-5ubuntu2
DuplicateSignature:
 package:libk5crypto3:amd64:1.13.2+dfsg-5ubuntu2
 Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu9) ...
 dpkg: error processing package libk5crypto3:amd64 (--configure):
  package libk5crypto3:amd64 is not ready for configuration
ErrorMessage: package libk5crypto3:amd64 is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-28 (2 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
 apt 1.2.24
SourcePackage: krb5
Title: package libk5crypto3:amd64 1.13.2+dfsg-5ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: package libk5crypto3:amd64 is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)]

Thanks for filing this bug in Ubuntu.

I suggest the following to see if it solves the problem of the libk5crypto3:amd64 package not being fully installed:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install --reinstall libk5crypto3:amd64
sudo apt -f install

Please let us know how it goes.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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