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# apt-get dist-upgrade

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done 
Calculating upgrade... Done 
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/5,258 B of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
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dpkg: error processing package update-manager-core (--configure):
package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
reinstall it before attempting configuration
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of update-manager:
update-manager depends on update-manager-core (= 1:0.196.13); however:
Package update-manager-core is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package update-manager (--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)
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  • I believe you are in need of Braiams answer here: askubuntu.com/questions/403187/…
    – Elder Geek
    May 5, 2015 at 16:23
  • I've tried it but the same problem accured...... sudo dpkg -r update-manager-core update-manager sudo apt-get install update-manager-core
    – nazihhizan
    May 5, 2015 at 16:52

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After around two hours of searching I found that I have to run those 2 commands..

sudo apt-get install --reinstall update-manager-core
sudo apt-get install --reinstall update-manager
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  • Please select your own answer as "accepted" by clicking the tick mark on the left of this answer so that the issue can be marked as solved..
    – heemayl
    May 5, 2015 at 22:16

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