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Homatidis Dimitris (homatidis) wrote : Re: [Bug 1692981] Re: package libssl-dev:amd64 1.0.2g-1ubuntu11.2 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration

My updates are working correctly as well since the day before yesterday.

Dimitri

Στις Πέμ, 13 Ιουλ 2017 στις 1:55 π.μ., ο/η Alister <
<email address hidden>> έγραψε:

> Hi Seth
>
> My problem with the half installed package appears to have been resolved
> with the "sudo apt-get install --reinstall" process. Updates are now
> installing correctly as far as I can see.
>
> Alister Lee
>
>
> On 13/07/17 04:52, Seth Arnold wrote:
> > I'm curious how we can work around this bug. If you're affected please
> > report the results of:
> >
> > dpkg -l | awk '/^iH/ { print $2 }'
> >
> > This shows which specific packages are half-installed on your systems.
> >
> > With the list of packages this returns, please also report success or
> > failure of:
> >
> > sudo apt-get install --reinstall ALL PACKAGES FROM THE HALF-INSTALLED
> > LIST
> >
> > Thanks
> >
>
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>
> Title:
> package libssl-dev:amd64 1.0.2g-1ubuntu11.2 failed to install/upgrade:
> package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it
> before attempting configuration
>
> Status in dpkg package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> Status in openssl package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> package libssl-dev:amd64 1.0.2g-1ubuntu11.2 failed to install/upgrade:
> package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it
> before attempting configuration
>
> ProblemType: Package
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
> Package: libssl-dev:amd64 1.0.2g-1ubuntu11.2
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-21.23-generic 4.10.11
> Uname: Linux 4.10.0-21-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.1
> AptOrdering:
> libssl1.0.0:amd64: Install
> NULL: ConfigurePending
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Tue May 23 21:47:55 2017
> DuplicateSignature:
> package:libssl-dev:amd64:1.0.2g-1ubuntu11.2
> Setting up libssl1.0.0:amd64 (1.0.2g-1ubuntu11.2) ...
> dpkg: error processing package libssl-dev:amd64 (--configure):
> package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
> ErrorMessage: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
> reinstall it before attempting configuration
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-15 (7 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412)
> RelatedPackageVersions:
> dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu2
> apt 1.4
> SourcePackage: openssl
> Title: package libssl-dev:amd64 1.0.2g-1ubuntu11.2 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)
>
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