Q:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

I'm getting this error while trying commands as above
and i tried several solutions found but nth helped
Also it is happening with any software i try to install
dpkg: error processing package python3-pip (--configure):

 package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should

 reinstall it before attempting configuration

dpkg: error processing package python3-setuptools (--configure):

 package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should

 reinstall it before attempting configuration

dpkg: error processing package python3-wheel (--configure):

 package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should

 reinstall it before attempting configuration

Errors were encountered while processing:

 python3-pip

 python3-setuptools

 python3-wheel

E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

A:

Try this, except with the packages that are in a bad state (in this case, python3-pip, python3-setuptools, and python3-wheel)
sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-wheel
sudo apt-get install python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-wheel

