[Bug 1443134] Re: package libhogweed2:amd64 2.7.1-1 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration

[Magnus Holmgren]

This is most probably not a bug in nettle/libhogweed2, but the result of
a somehow aborted earlier operation, and should be possible to resolve
simply by doing as the error message suggests.

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

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Title:
  package libhogweed2:amd64 2.7.1-1 failed to install/upgrade: package
  is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should  reinstall it before
  attempting configuration

Status in nettle package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  installing mpstat  using apt-get . mpstat installed but it through
  error !!

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: libhogweed2:amd64 2.7.1-1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-46.76-generic 3.13.11-ckt15
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-46-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.7
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Apr 12 22:33:03 2015
  DuplicateSignature: package:libhogweed2:amd64:2.7.1-1:package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should  reinstall it before attempting configuration
  ErrorMessage: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should  reinstall it before attempting configuration
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-02-24 (46 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.2)
  SourcePackage: nettle
  Title: package libhogweed2:amd64 2.7.1-1 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should  reinstall it before attempting configuration
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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