AFAICT from the log, you broke your system when you interrupted an
upgrade occuring on 2017-09-14 09:09:30. After unattended-upgrades
failed to upgrade tcpdump earlier that day, you tried to upgrade
libapt-inst2.0:i386 (1.4, 1.4.6~17.04.1), apt:i386 (1.4, 1.4.6~17.04.1),
tcpdump:i386 (4.9.0-2ubuntu2, 4.9.2-0ubuntu0.17.04.2), libapt-
pkg5.0:i386 (1.4, 1.4.6~17.04.1), apt-utils:i386 (1.4, 1.4.6~17.04.1),
apt-transport-https:i386 (1.4, 1.4.6~17.04.1)
but cancelled it at some point. Now you have to repair it: Run apt
install --reinstall libapt-inst2.0:i386 I guess.
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
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Title:
package libapt-inst2.0:i386 1.4.6~17.04.1 failed to install/upgrade:
package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it
before attempting configuration
Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Bug description:
Failed to install
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: libapt-inst2.0:i386 1.4.6~17.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-35.39-generic 4.10.17
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-35-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.5
AptOrdering:
emacs-snapshot-el:i386: Install
emacs-snapshot:i386: Install
emacs-snapshot-common:i386: Install
NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Sep 24 06:59:50 2017
DuplicateSignature:
package:libapt-inst2.0:i386:1.4.6~17.04.1
Unpacking emacs-snapshot-common (20170923:93645-c0af83b~ubuntu17.04.1) over
(20170920:93641-3a09343~ubuntu17.04.1) ...
dpkg: error processing package libapt-inst2.0:i386 (--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 2017-01-31 (235 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release i386 (20161012.2)
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu2
apt 1.4.6~17.04.1
SourcePackage: apt
Title: package libapt-inst2.0:i386 1.4.6~17.04.1 failed to install/upgrade:
package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before
attempting configuration
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-04-15 (162 days ago)
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