[Bug 1576972] Re: package ncurses-base 5.9+20150516-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: package ncurses-base is already installed and configured

[dino99]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1407757 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1407757

** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1407757
   multi-arch packages cannot be installed due to dpkg wrongly detecting them as already installed

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Title:
  package ncurses-base 5.9+20150516-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade:
  package ncurses-base is already installed and configured

Status in dpkg package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  This occurred when I was attempting to upgrade from ubuntu 15.10 to
  ubuntu 16.4

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ncurses-base 5.9+20150516-2ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
  AptdaemonVersion: 1.1.1+bzr982-0ubuntu14
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashReports: 640:0:115:497351:2016-04-30 07:18:31.285532236 -0400:2016-04-30 07:18:32.285532236 -0400:/var/crash/ncurses-base.0.crash
  Date: Sat Apr 30 07:18:32 2016
  Dependencies:
   
  DuplicateSignature:
   Setting up base-passwd (3.5.39) ...
   dpkg: error: dpkg status database is locked by another process
   dpkg: error processing package ncurses-base (--configure):
    package ncurses-base is already installed and configured
  ErrorMessage: package ncurses-base is already installed and configured
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-01-03 (118 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1
   apt  1.2.10ubuntu1
  SourcePackage: dpkg
  Title: package ncurses-base 5.9+20150516-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: package ncurses-base is already installed and configured
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-30 (0 days ago)

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