[Bug 1792442] Re: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.6ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting a removal

Rob Rutten R.J.Rutten at uu.nl
Thu Sep 13 18:58:28 UTC 2018


I try to install libxp6 for IDL and get crashes all the time.  Firefox
brings this up.

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Title:
  package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.6ubuntu2 failed to
  install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you
  should  reinstall it before attempting a removal

Status in msttcorefonts package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  not the foggiest idea what I am doing

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.6ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-34.37-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-34-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.3
  AptOrdering:
   ttf-mscorefonts-installer:amd64: Purge
   NULL: ConfigurePending
   NULL: PurgePending
   NULL: ConfigurePending
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Sep 12 13:16:55 2018
  DpkgTerminalLog:
   dpkg: error processing package ttf-mscorefonts-installer (--remove):
    package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
    reinstall it before attempting a removal
  ErrorMessage: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should  reinstall it before attempting a removal
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-09-10 (2 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.5, python3-minimal, 3.6.5-3ubuntu1
  PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.15rc1, python-minimal, 2.7.15~rc1-1
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2
   apt  1.6.3ubuntu0.1
  SourcePackage: msttcorefonts
  Title: package ttf-mscorefonts-installer 3.6ubuntu2 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should  reinstall it before attempting a removal
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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