package libsnmp30:i386 5.7.3+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration

[Jayparth Gajanan More]

Fails to update the OS...constantly crashes, and sometimes reluctantly causes other applications to crash as well.
Also, fails to load packages.
And installation in OS becomes serious issue.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libsnmp30:i386 5.7.3+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-36.40~16.04.1-generic 4.13.13
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-36-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.17
AptOrdering:
 libsnmp30: Configure
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu May 17 14:32:25 2018
DpkgTerminalLog:
 dpkg: error processing package libsnmp30:i386 (--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 2018-04-24 (23 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release i386 (20180228)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.4
 apt 1.2.26
SourcePackage: net-snmp
Title: package libsnmp30:i386 5.7.3+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1 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)

[Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer)]

Hi Jayparth,
the logs don't hold how it came to that situation.
I usually recommend [1] but with your package being libsnmp30 - give it a try.

If it doesn't help in this case as libsnmp is usually not super-important (e.g. I only have it fora odd printer lib I don't use it anymore) you can even consider purging it like "apt remove --purge libsnmp30".
Check if it would remove any dependencies that you'd really miss, if not just get rid of it.

[1]: https://askubuntu.com/questions/148715/how-to-fix-package-is-in-a-very-bad-inconsistent-state-error

[Christian Ehrhardt  (paelzer)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

Since it seems likely to me that this is a local configuration problem, rather than a bug in Ubuntu, I'm marking this bug as Incomplete.

If indeed this is a local configuration problem, you can find pointers to get help for this sort of problem here: http://www.ubuntu.com/support/community

Or if you believe that this is really a bug, then you may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem, explain why you believe this is a bug in Ubuntu rather than a problem specific to your system, and then change the bug status back to New.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for net-snmp (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Jayparth Gajanan More (jayparth)]

Thanks a lot...It works well :)