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The Synaptic Package Manager shows an error message whose details contain:

E: gnome-control-center-data: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration
E: gnome-control-center: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

screenshot of error message

Please explain what happen in my Ubuntu and how to fix that, thank you

Eliah Kagan
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This was answered in a comment by user535733. The solution was to reinstall the gnome-control-center-data package using the command:

sudo apt install --reinstall gnome-control-center-data

In general, if Synaptic or another tool says a package needs to be reinstalled, this can be achieved with the install action of apt (or apt-get, or aptitude), so long as the --reinstall option is also passed.

Without --reinstall, the package wouldn't be installed again because if the package manager believes it is already installed. (If it was automatically installed, it would be marked as manually installed, but this would not actually fix any missing or corrupted files from it.)

Eliah Kagan
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