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package libssl1.0.0:amd64 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.8 failed to install/upgrade: package libssl1.0.0:amd64 is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')

Bug #1698324 reported by Stephen Ewert on 2017-06-16

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1692981: 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. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	openssl (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I got notification of an OS update...
The install failed
The next time I rebooted I got another notification to report this issue

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libssl1.0.0:amd64 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-10.12~16.04.2+IntelAtom-linuxium 4.10.0
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-10-linuxium x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.6
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Jun 14 04:26:56 2017
DuplicateSignature:
package:libssl1.0.0:amd64:1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.8
Installing from local file /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/adobe-flashplugin_20170613.2.orig.tar.gz
Flash Plugin installed.
dpkg: error processing package libssl1.0.0:amd64 (--configure):
package libssl1.0.0:amd64 is not ready for configuration
ErrorMessage: package libssl1.0.0:amd64 is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-04-22 (54 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" Linuxium - Release Intel Atom (20170215.2)
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
apt 1.2.20
SourcePackage: openssl
Title: package libssl1.0.0:amd64 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.8 failed to install/upgrade: package libssl1.0.0:amd64 is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Stephen Ewert (steve.ewert) wrote on 2017-06-16:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (213 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (577 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (47.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (7.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (128.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JournalErrors.txt Edit (12.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (955 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2017-06-16

tags:

removed: need-duplicate-check

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2017-06-16: DuplicateSignature.txt

DuplicateSignature.txt Edit (127.6 KiB, text/plain)

Due to a bug in apport's method for creating a duplicate signature, the DuplicateSignature in this report was incorrect. We are fixing that now, sorry for the noise!