Right below that post, you can read how davidpgil did not follow my easy advice ("a fresh install after a backup of what matters") but fixed his system using the 'dpkg' low-level interface to the package manager. However, I am afraid your situation is worse.
See
https://trisquel.info/forum/trisquel-8-codename-flidas-release-candidate-ready-testing#comment-130966
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