package po-debconf 1.0.16+nmu2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: package po-debconf is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed')

[Rene]

can't install updates. The update sofware keeps crashing.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: po-debconf 1.0.16+nmu2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-20.34-generic 3.11.10.6
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-20-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Apr 27 10:37:36 2014
DuplicateSignature: package:po-debconf:1.0.16+nmu2ubuntu1:package po-debconf is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed')
ErrorMessage: package po-debconf is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed')
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-04 (357 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: po-debconf
Title: package po-debconf 1.0.16+nmu2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: package po-debconf is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed')
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-11-28 (150 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Abigail Thomspon (athompson11)]

Fixed on 14.04 by running "sudo apt-get install --reinstall po-debconf"