[Bug 1715235] Re: failed to install/upgrade: package coreutils is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')

[dino99]

** Summary changed:

- package coreutils 8.25-2ubuntu2 [modified: bin/cat bin/chgrp bin/chmod bin/chown bin/cp bin/date bin/dd bin/df bin/dir bin/echo bin/false bin/ln bin/ls bin/mkdir bin/mknod bin/mktemp bin/mv bin/pwd bin/readlink bin/rm bin/rmdir bin/sleep bin/stty bin/sync bin/touch bin/true bin/uname bin/vdir usr/bin/[ usr/bin/base64 usr/bin/basename usr/bin/chcon usr/bin/dircolors usr/bin/factor usr/bin/hostid usr/bin/id usr/bin/join usr/bin/link usr/bin/logname usr/bin/md5sum usr/bin/nice usr/bin/nl usr/bin/nohup usr/bin/od usr/bin/pathchk usr/bin/pinky usr/bin/printenv usr/bin/printf usr/bin/seq usr/bin/sha1sum usr/bin/sha384sum usr/bin/shuf usr/bin/stat usr/bin/stdbuf usr/bin/tac usr/bin/tail usr/bin/tee usr/bin/test usr/bin/tr usr/bin/tsort usr/bin/tty usr/bin/unexpand usr/bin/uniq usr/bin/unlink usr/bin/yes usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/coreutils/libstdbuf.so usr/sbin/chroot usr/share/doc/coreutils/changelog.Debian.gz usr/share/man/man1/arch.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/base32.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/base64.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/basename.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/cat.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/chcon.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/chgrp.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/chmod.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/chown.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/cksum.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/comm.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/cp.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/csplit.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/cut.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/date.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/dd.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/df.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/dir.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/dircolors.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/dirname.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/du.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/echo.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/env.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/expand.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/expr.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/factor.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/false.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/fmt.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/fold.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/groups.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/head.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/hostid.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/id.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/install.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/join.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/link.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/ln.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/logname.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/ls.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/md5sum.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/mkdir.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/mkfifo.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/mknod.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/mktemp.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/mv.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/nice.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/nl.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/nohup.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/nproc.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/numfmt.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/od.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/paste.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/pathchk.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/pinky.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/pr.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/printenv.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/printf.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/ptx.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/pwd.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/readlink.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/realpath.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/rm.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/rmdir.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/runcon.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/seq.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/sha1sum.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/sha224sum.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/sha256sum.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/sha384sum.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/sha512sum.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/shred.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/shuf.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/sleep.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/sort.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/split.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/stat.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/stdbuf.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/stty.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/sum.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/sync.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/tac.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/tail.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/tee.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/test.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/timeout.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/touch.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/tr.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/true.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/truncate.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/tsort.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/tty.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/uname.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/unexpand.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/uniq.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/unlink.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/users.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/vdir.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/wc.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/who.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/whoami.1.gz usr/share/man/man1/yes.1.gz usr/share/man/man8/chroot.8.gz] failed to install/upgrade: package coreutils is not ready for configuration  cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
+ failed to install/upgrade: package coreutils is not ready for configuration  cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')

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Title:
  failed to install/upgrade: package coreutils is not ready for
  configuration  cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')

Status in coreutils package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Update OS or software impossible. Starts but never finished.
  Impossible to remove some apps. Problem with installing also occured.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-93.116-generic 4.4.79
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-93-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.10
  AptOrdering:
   coreutils: Configure
   vokoscreen: Remove
   NULL: ConfigurePending
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Sep  4 21:31:36 2017
  DpkgTerminalLog:
   dpkg: error processing package coreutils (--configure):
    package coreutils is not ready for configuration
    cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
  ErrorMessage: package coreutils is not ready for configuration  cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-01-12 (236 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
   apt  1.2.20
  SourcePackage: coreutils
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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