[Bug 1719180] Re: package libapt-inst2.0:i386 1.4.6~17.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration

[Julian Andres Klode]

AFAICT from the log, you broke your system when you interrupted an
upgrade occuring on 2017-09-14  09:09:30. After unattended-upgrades
failed to upgrade tcpdump earlier that day, you tried to upgrade

libapt-inst2.0:i386 (1.4, 1.4.6~17.04.1), apt:i386 (1.4, 1.4.6~17.04.1),
tcpdump:i386 (4.9.0-2ubuntu2, 4.9.2-0ubuntu0.17.04.2), libapt-
pkg5.0:i386 (1.4, 1.4.6~17.04.1), apt-utils:i386 (1.4, 1.4.6~17.04.1),
apt-transport-https:i386 (1.4, 1.4.6~17.04.1)

but cancelled it at some point. Now you have to repair it: Run apt
install --reinstall libapt-inst2.0:i386 I guess.

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  package libapt-inst2.0:i386 1.4.6~17.04.1 failed to install/upgrade:
  package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should  reinstall it
  before attempting configuration

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Failed to install

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
  Package: libapt-inst2.0:i386 1.4.6~17.04.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-35.39-generic 4.10.17
  Uname: Linux 4.10.0-35-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.5
  AptOrdering:
   emacs-snapshot-el:i386: Install
   emacs-snapshot:i386: Install
   emacs-snapshot-common:i386: Install
   NULL: ConfigurePending
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sun Sep 24 06:59:50 2017
  DuplicateSignature:
   package:libapt-inst2.0:i386:1.4.6~17.04.1
   Unpacking emacs-snapshot-common (20170923:93645-c0af83b~ubuntu17.04.1) over (20170920:93641-3a09343~ubuntu17.04.1) ...
   dpkg: error processing package libapt-inst2.0:i386 (--configure):
    package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
  ErrorMessage: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should  reinstall it before attempting configuration
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-01-31 (235 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release i386 (20161012.2)
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu2
   apt  1.4.6~17.04.1
  SourcePackage: apt
  Title: package libapt-inst2.0:i386 1.4.6~17.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should  reinstall it before attempting configuration
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-04-15 (162 days ago)

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