package xfdesktop4 4.11.6-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: package xfdesktop4 is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed')

[guenter rohleder]

Hi,
my problem that ubuntu was not able to install certain packages during update.
Thank you!
Greetings
Günter Rohleder

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: xfdesktop4 4.11.6-1ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-71.114-generic 3.13.11-ckt29
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-71-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Mar 24 13:16:39 2016
DuplicateSignature: package:xfdesktop4:4.11.6-1ubuntu1:package xfdesktop4 is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed')
ErrorMessage: package xfdesktop4 is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed')
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-20 (734 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 12.04.4 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20140205)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.5
 apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.11
SourcePackage: xfdesktop4
Title: package xfdesktop4 4.11.6-1ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: package xfdesktop4 is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status `half-installed')
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-08-22 (579 days ago)

[Theo Linkspfeifer (lastonestanding)]

Did reinstalling the xfdesktop4 package resolve the issue?