package libxfce4util-common (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration

[Damian]

unknown failure

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libxfce4util-common (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-54.57~16.04.1-generic 4.8.17
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-54-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6
AptOrdering:
 libxfce4util-common: Configure
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Jun 10 08:28:57 2017
DpkgTerminalLog:
 dpkg: error processing package libxfce4util-common (--configure):
  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 2017-06-09 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
 apt 1.2.20
SourcePackage: libxfce4util
Title: package libxfce4util-common (not installed) 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)