error broken count>0 unmet dependencies
The error message was: 'Error Broken Count > 0' This usually means that your packages have unmet dependencies.
I took a look at some previous similar problems.
Here are some output of diagnostic commands:
uname -a
lsb_release -crid
sudo dpkg --audit
sudo dpkg --configure -a
jc@jc-XPS-15:~$ uname -a
Linux jc-XPS-15 4.15.0-43-generic #46~16.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Dec 7 13:31:08 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
jc@jc-XPS-15:~$ lsb_release -crid
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS
Release: 16.04
Codename: xenial
jc@jc-XPS-15:~$ sudo dpkg --audit
The following packages are in a mess due to serious problems during
installation. They must be reinstalled for them (and any packages
that depend on them) to function properly:
unattended-
The following packages have been unpacked but not yet configured.
They must be configured using dpkg --configure or the configure
menu option in dselect for them to work:
apt-transport-
apt-utils package management related utility programs
ghostscript interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF
ghostscript-x interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - X11
krb5-locales Internationaliz
krb5-multidev Development files for MIT Kerberos without Heimdal confli
libapt-
libarchive13:amd64 Multi-format archive and compression library (shared libr
libcaca0:amd64 colour ASCII art library
libgs9:amd64 interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - Lib
libgs9-common interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - com
libgssapi-
libgssrpc4:amd64 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - GSS enabled ONCRPC
libk5crypto3:amd64 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - Crypto Library
libkadm5clnt-
libkadm5srv-
libkdb5-8:amd64 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - Kerberos database
libkrb5-3:amd64 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
libkrb5support
libmysqlclient-dev MySQL database development files
libmysqlclient
libpolkit-
libpolkit-
libpolkit-
libpoppler-
libpoppler58:amd64 PDF rendering library
libtiff5:amd64 Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library
libtiff5-dev:amd64 Tag Image File Format library (TIFF), development files
libtiffxx5:amd64 Tag Image File Format (TIFF) library -- C++ interface
mysql-common MySQL database common files, e.g. /etc/mysql/my.cnf
policykit-1 framework for managing administrative policies and privil
poppler-utils PDF utilities (based on Poppler)
thunderbird Email, RSS and newsgroup client with integrated spam filt
thunderbird-
thunderbird-
thunderbird-
The following packages have been triggered, but the trigger processing
has not yet been done. Trigger processing can be requested using
dselect or dpkg --configure --pending (or dpkg --triggers-only):
bamfdaemon Window matching library - daemon
dbus simple interprocess messaging system (daemon and utilitie
desktop-file-utils Utilities for .desktop files
gnome-menus GNOME implementation of the freedesktop menu specificatio
libc-bin GNU C Library: Binaries
man-db on-line manual pager
mime-support MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap', and support programs
jc@jc-XPS-15:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up libgs9-common (9.26~dfsg+
Setting up libapt-
Setting up apt-transport-https (1.2.29ubuntu0.1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.59ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu5.2) ...
Setting up libarchive13:amd64 (3.1.2-
Setting up apt-utils (1.2.29ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up mysql-common (5.7.25-
Setting up libtiff5:amd64 (4.0.6-1ubuntu0.5) ...
Setting up libkrb5support0
Setting up thunderbird (1:60.4.
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3~
Rebuilding /usr/share/
Setting up krb5-locales (1.13.2+
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu10) ...
Setting up thunderbird-
dpkg: error processing package unattended-upgrades (--configure):
package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
reinstall it before attempting configuration
Setting up libtiffxx5:amd64 (4.0.6-1ubuntu0.5) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ...
Setting up libmysqlclient2
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu3.1) ...
Processing triggers for dbus (1.10.6-1ubuntu3.3) ...
Setting up libpoppler58:amd64 (0.41.0-
Setting up libcaca0:amd64 (0.99.beta19-
Setting up libgs9:amd64 (9.26~dfsg+
Setting up libpolkit-
Setting up libpoppler-
Setting up libk5crypto3:amd64 (1.13.2+
Setting up poppler-utils (0.41.0-
Setting up libmysqlclient-dev (5.7.25-
Setting up libpolkit-
Setting up libtiff5-dev:amd64 (4.0.6-1ubuntu0.5) ...
Setting up ghostscript (9.26~dfsg+
Setting up thunderbird-
Setting up thunderbird-
Setting up libpolkit-
Setting up libkrb5-3:amd64 (1.13.2+
Setting up ghostscript-x (9.26~dfsg+
Setting up policykit-1 (0.105-
Setting up libgssapi-
Setting up libgssrpc4:amd64 (1.13.2+
Setting up libkadm5clnt-
Setting up libkdb5-8:amd64 (1.13.2+
Setting up libkadm5srv-
Setting up krb5-multidev (1.13.2+
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu10) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
unattended-
Thanks in advance.
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