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[Marc Gutchell <mgutchell@xxxxxxxxx>]

I removed both language-pack-en and language-pack-en-base and then
reinstalled both.  This resolved the issue.

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Title:
  package language-pack-en-base 1:18.04+20180712 failed to
  install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you
  should  reinstall it before attempting configuration

Status in language-pack-en-base package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  During my latest apt upgrade this package is no longer functional:

  Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
  dpkg: error processing package language-pack-en-base (--configure):
   package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
   reinstall it before attempting configuration
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   language-pack-en-base
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: language-pack-en-base 1:18.04+20180712
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-29.31-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-29-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sat Jul 21 19:58:27 2018
  ErrorMessage: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should  reinstall it before attempting configuration
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-11-27 (602 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.5, python3-minimal, 3.6.5-3ubuntu1
  PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.15rc1, python-minimal, 2.7.15~rc1-1
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu2
   apt  1.6.3
  SourcePackage: language-pack-en-base
  Title: package language-pack-en-base 1:18.04+20180712 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should  reinstall it before attempting configuration
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-06-11 (41 days ago)

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