package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed')

Bug #1075419 reported by mrjava66
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
msttcorefonts (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
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Bug Description

sudo apt-get remove ttf-mscorefonts-installer says:

Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 28 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 133 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
dpkg: error processing ttf-mscorefonts-installer (--remove):
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ttf-mscorefonts-installer
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer says:

Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
ttf-mscorefonts-installer is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 28 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/27.4 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
dpkg: error processing ttf-mscorefonts-installer (--configure):
 package ttf-mscorefonts-installer is not ready for configuration
 cannot configure (current status `half-installed')
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ttf-mscorefonts-installer
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I'm stuck!

Description: Ubuntu 12.10
Release: 12.10

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6
AptOrdering: ttf-mscorefonts-installer: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Nov 5 23:57:44 2012
ErrorMessage: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed')
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-10-25 (11 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.3)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: msttcorefonts
Title: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.4ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed')
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-11-03 (2 days ago)

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mrjava66 (jerry-lagrou) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in msttcorefonts (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Beski (beskivaz) wrote :

dpkg: error processing ttf-mscorefonts-installer (--configure):
 package ttf-mscorefonts-installer is not ready for configuration
 cannot configure (current status `half-installed')
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ttf-mscorefonts-installer

i don't know wat to do... because i dont even know linux...
but i have tried to install msoffice font packages it shows above cmds in terminal
some one help me plz

Beski (beskivaz)
description: updated
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