package libmirclient9:amd64 0.26.3+16.04.20170605-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: package libmirclient9:amd64 is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')

[Nicko Hermanto]

i dont know

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libmirclient9:amd64 0.26.3+16.04.20170605-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-56.61~16.04.1-generic 4.8.17
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-56-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jun 23 14:19:00 2017
DuplicateSignature:
 package:libmirclient9:amd64:0.26.3+16.04.20170605-0ubuntu1
 Setting up libc6-i386 (2.23-0ubuntu9) ...
 dpkg: error processing package libmirclient9:amd64 (--configure):
  package libmirclient9:amd64 is not ready for configuration
ErrorMessage: package libmirclient9:amd64 is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-06-11 (11 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: mir
Title: package libmirclient9:amd64 0.26.3+16.04.20170605-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: package libmirclient9:amd64 is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Alan Griffiths (alan-griffiths)]

It looks as though there is a failing attempt to upgrade some of the Mir libraries (probably Mir 0.24 to Mir 0.26) as IIRC the 16.04.2 shipped before that update in the archive.

If that theory is correct, it will be fixed by:

    $ sudo apt dist-upgrade

In addition, it shouldn't happen with the current ubuntu-16.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso