How to reinstall broken packages of python

Question

dpkg: error processing package python-cairo (--configure):

package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
 reinstall it before attempting configuration

There is a broken package in the python. Whenever i try installing a package, it throws this error.

Please help me to solve this out ! Thanks !

Answer 1

sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq python-cairo
sudo apt-get install python-cairo

Answer 2

Try the below code. It works

sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/info/<packagename>.* /tmp/
sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq <packagename>
sudo apt-get remove <packagename>
sudo apt-get autoremove && sudo apt-get autoclean