[Touch-packages] [Bug 1644572] Re: package init 1.29ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration

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[Touch-packages] [Bug 1644572] Re: package init 1.29ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration

Hi, I was trying to upgrade on a fresh 16.04 system, and maybe certain packages were causing dependency issues, I broke down the updates into smaller package installs and installed them one after the other, and it and the upgrade worked from 16.04 to 16.04.1. Thanks for your reply. -- You

[Touch-packages] [Bug 1644572] Re: package init 1.29ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration

Hi, Usually people are recommending to uninstall and reinstall the package. That is harder to do on init. But you could try to do: $ sudo apt-get --reinstall install init I wonder as it is just an almost empty package where not that much should be able to break, but to be sure If the former