[Bug 1638945] Re: package libc6:amd64 2.23-0ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: package libc6:amd64 is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')

[Ceiling Cat]

Shortly after installation, I went into update-
manager->Settings->Updates and unselected everything except for
"Important security updates". This seemed to be the cause of the problem
I was observing (may not be the case for others). To fix, I selected
"Recommended updates", ran apt-get update, and then unselected
"Recommended updates".

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Title:
  package libc6:amd64 2.23-0ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: package
  libc6:amd64 is not ready for configuration  cannot configure (current
  status 'half-installed')

Status in glibc package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  appears every time I start up

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: libc6:amd64 2.23-0ubuntu4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-45.66-generic 4.4.21
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-45-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Oct 27 16:33:50 2016
  Dependencies:
   gcc-6-base 6.0.1-0ubuntu1
   libc6 2.23-0ubuntu4
   libgcc1 1:6.0.1-0ubuntu1
  DpkgTerminalLog:
   dpkg: error processing package libc6:amd64 (--configure):
    package libc6:amd64 is not ready for configuration
    cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
  ErrorMessage: package libc6:amd64 is not ready for configuration  cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-09-23 (40 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160720)
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
   apt  1.2.12~ubuntu16.04.1
  SourcePackage: glibc
  Title: package libc6:amd64 2.23-0ubuntu4 failed to install/upgrade: package libc6:amd64 is not ready for configuration  cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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