And just to embitter a bit, on Debian, there are complaints about this bug
dating back 3 years...
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1688721
Title:
Packages
So far, the solution has been to apply
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt --fix-broken install
sudo dpkg --configure -a
Which doesn't seem like something that will bring happiness to anyone.
But the worst is that these solutions have not worked for everyone. A
