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package vlc-data 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration

Bug #1676449 reported by Tony on 2017-03-27

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1509169: package libavcodec-ffmpeg56 (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: conflicting packages - not installing libavcodec-ffmpeg56:amd64. Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	vlc (Ubuntu)	Incomplete	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Whilst trying to update my software, the installer would complete and then the icon would reappear for the item to be installed again. I clicked on it once and then same thing happened. Soft Boot and then all was OK. Tried to login to work PC via Citrix Xenapp and then everything just went haywire.

Rebooted and then the bug was reported. Unsure if Citrix is still working but will try

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: vlc-data 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-66.87-generic 4.4.44
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-66-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Mar 27 08:29:45 2017
Dependencies:

DuplicateSignature:
package:vlc-data:2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.1
Processing triggers for dbus (1.10.6-1ubuntu3.3) ...
dpkg: error processing package vlc-data (--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 2016-03-14 (378 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130820.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: vlc
Title: package vlc-data 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-30 (208 days ago)

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Tony (tony-moreira) wrote on 2017-03-27:

AptOrdering.txt Edit (3.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Df.txt Edit (530 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dmesg.txt Edit (79.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgHistoryLog.txt Edit (7.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
DpkgTerminalLog.txt Edit (9.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
JournalErrors.txt Edit (20.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
RelatedPackageVersions.txt Edit (604 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2017-03-27

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removed: need-duplicate-check

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Sebastian Ramacher (s-ramacher) wrote on 2017-04-04:

And did you try re-installing vlc-data as the error message suggests?

Changed in vlc (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Incomplete

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Tony (tony-moreira) wrote on 2017-04-05: Re: [Bug 1676449] Re: package vlc-data 2.2.2-5ubuntu0.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration

Yes it failed a second time and have now ignored it

On 04/04/17 21:01, Sebastian Ramacher wrote:
> And did you try re-installing vlc-data as the error message suggests?
>
> ** Changed in: vlc (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>