[Bug 1691802] Re: package bash 4.3-15ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: package bash is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')

[Simon Quigley]

Marking as Invalid because the release is EOL is not correct. Marking as Incomplete. Also, 18.04 is (at the time of writing) still in development, and you should expect some breakage.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Responses#Release_has_reached_End_of_Life_.28EOL.29

Reporter, is this still present on 17.10 or 16.04?

** Changed in: bash (Ubuntu)
       Status: Invalid => Incomplete

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Title:
  package bash 4.3-15ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: package bash is
  not ready for configuration  cannot configure (current status 'half-
  installed')

Status in bash package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I tried to install Inkscape graphics app and it stopped halfway
  through and reported this problem.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
  Package: bash 4.3-15ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-51.54-generic 4.8.17
  Uname: Linux 4.8.0-51-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu May 18 19:46:27 2017
  DpkgTerminalLog:
   dpkg: error processing package bash (--configure):
    package bash is not ready for configuration
    cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
  ErrorMessage: package bash is not ready for configuration  cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-05-07 (10 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release i386 (20161012.2)
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu1.1
   apt  1.3.5
  SourcePackage: bash
  Title: package bash 4.3-15ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: package bash is not ready for configuration  cannot configure (current status 'half-installed')
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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