Public bug reported:
Related to bug #1886414
Ubuntu 20.04 LTE desktop VirtualBox VM
Tried installing chromium-browser.
Seemed to hang at "installing chromium snap".
Terminal and desktop were no longer responsive, so I had to reboot the VM,
which apparently left the package manager in an inconsistent state.
doug@ubuntudesktop:~$ sudo apt remove chromium-browser
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
chromium-browser
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 65 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
dpkg: error processing package chromium-browser (--remove):
package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal
dpkg: too many errors, stopping
Errors were encountered while processing:
chromium-browser
Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: chromium-browser 80.0.3987.163-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-43.49~20.04.1-generic 5.8.18
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-43-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16
AptOrdering:
chromium-browser:amd64: Remove
NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Thu Mar 18 12:02:11 2021
Dependencies:
DpkgTerminalLog:
dpkg: error processing package chromium-browser (--remove):
package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal
ErrorMessage: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-03-17 (1 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.2.0 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64
(20210209.1)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.5, python3-minimal,
3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu3
apt 2.0.4
SourcePackage: chromium-browser
Title: package chromium-browser 80.0.3987.163-0ubuntu1 failed to
install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: chromium-browser (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-package focal
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snap install seemed to crash the machine, reboot now put package
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