I had an image round with the older iproute2 4.3.0-1ubuntu3, so I tried an update but it worked just fine. There must be something special to the reported cases that makes them fail.
apt install iproute2 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Suggested packages: iproute2-doc The following packages will be upgraded: iproute2 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 33 not upgraded. Need to get 522 kB of archives. After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 iproute2 amd64 4.3.0-1ubuntu3.16.04.1 [522 kB] Fetched 522 kB in 0s (2892 kB/s) (Reading database ... 43568 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../iproute2_4.3.0-1ubuntu3.16.04.1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking iproute2 (4.3.0-1ubuntu3.16.04.1) over (4.3.0-1ubuntu3) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ... Setting up iproute2 (4.3.0-1ubuntu3.16.04.1) ... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to iproute2 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1692247 Title: package iproute2 4.3.0-1ubuntu3.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: package iproute2 is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed') Status in iproute2 package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I dont know anything. I just try to instal some programs on my comp, and when i try to start virtualbox it cant. ProblemType: Package DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: iproute2 4.3.0-1ubuntu3.16.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-78.99-generic 4.4.62 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-78-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5 AptOrdering: iproute2: Configure NULL: ConfigurePending Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat May 20 16:22:19 2017 DpkgTerminalLog: dpkg: error processing package iproute2 (--configure): package iproute2 is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed') ErrorMessage: package iproute2 is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed') InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-02-20 (88 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719) RelatedPackageVersions: dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2 apt 1.2.20 SourcePackage: iproute2 Title: package iproute2 4.3.0-1ubuntu3.16.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: package iproute2 is not ready for configuration cannot configure (current status 'half-installed') UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/iproute2/+bug/1692247/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
