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hiskids@hiskid:~$ sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/25.1 kB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
hiskids@hiskid:~$ sudo apt-get purge  ttf-mscorefonts*
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'ttf-mscorefonts-installer' for glob 'ttf-mscorefonts*'
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  ttf-mscorefonts-installer*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 93.2 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
dpkg: error processing package ttf-mscorefonts-installer (--remove):
 package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
 reinstall it before attempting a removal
dpkg: too many errors, stopping
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ttf-mscorefonts-installer
Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
hiskids@hiskid:~$