package wine-gecko2.21:i386 2.21-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: package wine-gecko2.21:i386 is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')

[Denis Routledge]

I tried to remove the software but the system said it was unable to do so.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: wine-gecko2.21:i386 2.21-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-27.32-generic 4.2.8-ckt1
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-27-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue May 10 19:23:22 2016
DuplicateSignature:
 Processing triggers for install-info (6.1.0.dfsg.1-5) ...
 dpkg: error processing package wine-gecko2.21:i386 (--configure):
  package wine-gecko2.21:i386 is not ready for configuration
ErrorMessage: package wine-gecko2.21:i386 is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-02 (190 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release i386 (20150422)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1
 apt 1.2.10ubuntu1
SourcePackage: wine-gecko2.21
Title: package wine-gecko2.21:i386 2.21-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: package wine-gecko2.21:i386 is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-05-10 (0 days ago)

[Steve Beattie (sbeattie)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.