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 doesn't help could you report back
with the output of these commands:
$ dpkg -s init
$ dpkg --verify init
$ debconf-show init
$ dpkg -L init
Note - that might be related from the log:
Nov 24 19:57:37 hostname org.debian.apt[662]:
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/aptdaemon/progress.py:491: Warning: Source ID 95
was not found when attempting to remove it
Nov 24 19:57:37 hostname org.debian.apt[662]: GLib.source_remove(id)
Nov 24 19:57:37 hostname org.debian.apt[662]:
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/aptdaemon/progress.py:491: Warning: Source ID 96
was not found when attempting to remove it
Nov 24 19:57:37 hostname org.debian.apt[662]: GLib.source_remove(id)
Nov 24 19:57:37 hostname org.debian.apt[662]:
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/aptdaemon/progress.py:491: Warning: Source ID 99
was not found when attempting to remove it
Nov 24 19:57:37 hostname org.debian.apt[662]: GLib.source_remove(id)
Nov 24 19:57:37 hostname org.debian.apt[662]:
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/aptdaemon/progress.py:491: Warning: Source ID
100 was not found when attempting to remove it
Nov 24 19:57:37 hostname org.debian.apt[662]: GLib.source_remove(id)
** Changed in: init-system-helpers (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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Title:
package init 1.29ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a
very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before
attempting configuration
Status in init-system-helpers package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
Cannot install any new packages, broke init
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: init 1.29ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-47.68-generic 4.4.24
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-47-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Nov 24 19:57:35 2016
DpkgTerminalLog:
dpkg: error processing package init (--configure):
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 2016-11-24 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
(20160420.1)
RelatedPackageVersions:
dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1
apt 1.2.10ubuntu1
SourcePackage: init-system-helpers
Title: package init 1.29ubuntu3 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)
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