package libreoffice-common 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial4 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting a removal

Bug #1808716 reported by Joceline Wallis
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
libreoffice (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
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Bug Description

Not obviously a bug- Adding Libreoffice base to existing Libreoffice installation.
Somehow got one copy installed, and another partially installed.
Then unable to remove packages to start over. Unclear what happened.

Ubuntu 16.04.5

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libreoffice-common 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-138.164-generic 4.4.155
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-138-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.18
AptOrdering:
 libreoffice-style-galaxy: Remove
 libreoffice-common: Remove
 libreoffice-style-elementary: Remove
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Dec 16 19:50:18 2018
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Removing libreoffice-style-elementary (1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial4) ...
 Removing libreoffice-style-galaxy (1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial4) ...
 dpkg: error processing package libreoffice-common (--remove):
  package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
  reinstall it before attempting a removal
DuplicateSignature:
 package:libreoffice-common:1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial4
 Removing libreoffice-style-galaxy (1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial4) ...
 dpkg: error processing package libreoffice-common (--remove):
  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 a removal
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-11 (461 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20160803)
PackageArchitecture: all
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.5
 apt 1.2.29
SourcePackage: libreoffice
Title: package libreoffice-common 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial4 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting a removal
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2017-12-13 (368 days ago)

Revision history for this message
Joceline Wallis (joswallis) wrote :
tags: removed: need-duplicate-check
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in libreoffice (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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