It appears that at the time of the upgrade not all binary packages associated to chromium-browser had been published yet, and a version mismatch happened. Given the age of the bug let's assume this is not relevant any longer. Please file a new bug if you're facing similar issues.
** Changed in: chromium-browser (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1642463 Title: package chromium-browser 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1145 failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra The following packages will be upgraded: chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 35 not upgraded. 2 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/57,7 MB of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y (Reading database ... 303725 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1145_i386.deb ... Unpacking chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra (53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1145) over (53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1142) ... Setting up chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra (53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1145) ... dpkg: error processing package chromium-browser (--configure): package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of chromium-browser-l10n: chromium-browser-l10n depends on chromium-browser (>= 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1145); however: Package chromium-browser is not configured yet. chromium-browser-l10n depends on chromium-browser (<< 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1145.1~); however: Package chromium-browser is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing package chromium-browser-l10n (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: chromium-browser 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1145 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-30.40~14.04.1-generic 3.16.7-ckt3 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-30-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21 AptOrdering: chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra: Install chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra: Configure chromium-browser: Configure chromium-browser-l10n: Configure Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Nov 17 12:06:37 2016 Desktop-Session: 'None' 'None' 'None' DpkgTerminalLog: Preparing to unpack .../chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra_53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1145_i386.deb ... Unpacking chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra (53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1145) over (53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1142) ... Setting up chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra (53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1145) ... DuplicateSignature: package:chromium-browser:53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1145:package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration Env: 'None' 'None' ErrorMessage: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-10-24 (23 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20150218.1) Load-Avg-1min: 0.73 Load-Processes-Running-Percent: 0.3% MachineType: Acer Aspire 2930 ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-30-generic root=UUID=88886f93-beb5-4d7b-bdc9-e69984564d27 ro quiet splash SourcePackage: chromium-browser Title: package chromium-browser 53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1145 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) dmi.bios.date: 03/12/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: Acer dmi.bios.version: V1.17 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: Aspire 2930 dmi.board.vendor: Acer dmi.board.version: V1.17 dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer dmi.chassis.version: V1.17 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV1.17:bd03/12/2009:svnAcer:pnAspire2930:pvrV1.17:rvnAcer:rnAspire2930:rvrV1.17:cvnAcer:ct1:cvrV1.17: dmi.product.name: Aspire 2930 dmi.product.version: V1.17 dmi.sys.vendor: Acer gconf-keys: /desktop/gnome/applications/browser/exec = b'firefox\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/command = b'sensible-browser %s\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/enabled = b'true\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command = b'sensible-browser %s\n'/desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/enabled = b'true\n'/desktop/gnome/session/required_components/windowmanager = b''/apps/metacity/general/compositing_manager = b''/desktop/gnome/interface/icon_theme = b'gnome\n'/desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_theme = b'Clearlooks\n' modified.conffile..etc.default.chromium.browser: [deleted] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1642463/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp