Trusty is now end-of-life, later releases of openal-soft don't have this issue.
** Changed in: openal-soft (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to openal-soft in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1492560 Title: package libopenal-data 1:1.14-4ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration Status in openal-soft package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: firefox crashes frequently ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: libopenal-data 1:1.14-4ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-63.103-generic 3.13.11-ckt25 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-63-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.12 Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Sep 5 12:23:11 2015 Dependencies: DuplicateSignature: package:libopenal-data:1:1.14-4ubuntu1:package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration ErrorMessage: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-03-24 (164 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140722.2) PackageArchitecture: all RelatedPackageVersions: dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.4 apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.10 SourcePackage: openal-soft Title: package libopenal-data 1:1.14-4ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) modified.conffile..etc.openal.alsoft.conf: [deleted] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openal-soft/+bug/1492560/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp