package libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37:armhf 2.12.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration

[Tony Whipp]

while doing apt-get update

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37:armhf 2.12.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Uname: Linux 4.4.19-v7+ armv7l
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
AptOrdering:
 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37: Configure
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: armhf
Date: Sun Sep 25 18:12:43 2016
DpkgTerminalLog:
 dpkg: error processing package libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37:armhf (--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
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
 apt 1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1
SourcePackage: webkit2gtk
Title: package libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37:armhf 2.12.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 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)

[Luís Infante da Câmara (luis220413)]

This is most likely an hardware issue. In addition, Xenial is out of standard support and ESM does not cover armhf.

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.

Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) reached end-of-standard-support on April 29, 2021.

See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

We appreciate that this bug may be old and you might not be interested in discussing it any more. But if you are then please upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version and re-test. If you then find the bug is still present in the newer Ubuntu version, please add a comment here telling us which new version it is in.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for webkit2gtk (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]