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This is what I get when I tried to install git in Ubuntu 18.04. I may have asked a repeated question but I am not getting any solution.
kcn#kcn-UBUNTU:~$ sudo apt-get install git
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
git is already the newest version (1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.3).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
3 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/7,732 B of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
dpkg: error processing package libavahi-glib1:amd64 (--configure):
package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
reinstall it before attempting configuration
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of geoclue-2.0:
geoclue-2.0 depends on libavahi-glib1 (>= 0.6.16); however:
Package libavahi-glib1:amd64 is not configured yet.
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
dpkg: error processing package geoclue-2.0 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgeoclue-2-0:amd64:
libgeoclue-2-0:amd64 depends on geoclue-2.0 (= 2.4.7-1ubuntu1); however:
Package geoclue-2.0 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package libgeoclue-2-0:amd64 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
Errors were encountered while processing:
libavahi-glib1:amd64
geoclue-2.0
libgeoclue-2-0:amd64
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
I tried to do the following:
kcn#kcn-UBUNTU:~$ sudo apt-get install git
[sudo] password for kcn:
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure
-a' to correct the problem.
So I typed
kcn#kcn-UBUNTU:~$ sudo dpkg --configure -a
................
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dpkg: error processing package libavahi-glib1:amd64 (--configure):
package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
reinstall it before attempting configuration

Answer 1

Try this out:
sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get -f install
sudo apt install libavahi-glib1 --reinstall
sudo dpkg --configure -a
Instruct dpkg to "fix" itself
sudo apt-get -f install
This will instruct apt-get to correct dependencies and continue to configure your packages.
sudo apt install libavahi-glib1 --reinstall
reinstall the "probelatic package"

Answer 2

First try reinstalling broken package like prompt says with e.g.
sudo apt-get install --reinstall libavahi-glib1