I was trying to install a video converter to use with Video DownloadHelper, a Firefox addon. package libssl1.0.0:amd64 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.6 failed to install/upgrade: package libssl1.0.0:amd64 is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')

[Adriano Batista Prieto]

This kind of problem has started occurring when a tried to install the Kaggle container for data science.

http://blog.kaggle.com/2016/02/05/how-to-get-started-with-data-science-in-containers/

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libssl1.0.0:amd64 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-58.63~16.04.1-generic 4.8.17
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-58-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jul 20 12:30:10 2017
ErrorMessage: package libssl1.0.0:amd64 is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-21 (60 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: openssl
Title: package libssl1.0.0:amd64 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.6 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)