Please help how to fix this, cannot update or install using sudo apt,i am using ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
i have used all the following commands
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get install -f
for all of it showing the same error below.
dpkg: error processing package linux-headers-5.4.0-77 (--configure):
package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
reinstall it before attempting configuration
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubuntu-session:
ubuntu-session depends on gnome-shell (>= 3.36.0-2ubuntu1~); however:
Package gnome-shell is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package ubuntu-session (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ibus:
ibus depends on python3:any; however:
Package python3 is not configured yet.
ibus depends on python3-gi; however:
Package python3-gi is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package ibus (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: too many errors, stopping
Errors were encountered while processing:
python3
python3-click
python3-xdg
python3-distupgrade
python3-markupsafe
printer-driver-postscript-hp
openprinting-ppds
software-properties-common
apport
python3-tz
python3-apport
python3-cupshelpers
python3-monotonic
python3-requests-unixsocket
python3-six
python3-simplejson
apparmor
ibus-table
python3-pil:amd64
python3-cups
unattended-upgrades
python3-oauthlib
python3-chardet
python3-louis
python3-secretstorage
python3-software-properties
system-config-printer
python3-certifi
python3-pexpect
python3-cryptography
python3-wadllib
python3-debian
python3-pyatspi
python3-gi
python3-reportlab-accel:amd64
python3-requests
python3-brlapi:amd64
python3-idna
ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
apturl-common
python3-fasteners
python3-urllib3
update-manager-core
python3-reportlab
gnome-shell
apport-gtk
gnome-shell-extension-appindicator
linux-headers-5.4.0-77
ubuntu-session
ibus
Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
PS: i have deleted some part of the error because platform categorises the question as spam
