Comment 5 for bug 1746582

After that any "apt install" and also "apt upgrade" happens with this error.

sudo apt upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
7 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Setting up lvm2 (2.02.176-4.1ubuntu3) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
Failed to restart lvm2-lvmetad.service: Unit lvm2-lvmetad.socket is masked.
invoke-rc.d: initscript lvm2-lvmetad, action "restart" failed.
● lvm2-lvmetad.service - LVM2 metadata daemon
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/lvm2-lvmetad.service; static; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: inactive (dead)
     Docs: man:lvmetad(8)
dpkg: error processing package lvm2 (--configure):
 installed lvm2 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libguestfs0:amd64:
 libguestfs0:amd64 depends on lvm2; however:
  Package lvm2 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package libguestfs0:amd64 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libguestfs-reiserfs:amd64:
 libguestfs-reiserfs:amd64 depends on libguestfs0 (= 1:1.36.13-1ubuntu3); however:
  Package libguestfs0:amd64 is not configured yet.

No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                          No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
                                                    No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                  dpkg: error processing package libguestfs-reiserfs:amd64 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libguestfs-perl:
 libguestfs-perl depends on libguestfs0 (= 1:1.36.13-1ubuntu3); however:
  Package libguestfs0:amd64 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package libguestfs-perl (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libguestfs-hfsplus:amd64:
 libguestfs-hfsplus:amd64 depends on libguestfs0 (= 1:1.36.13-1ubuntu3); however:
  Package libguestfs0:amd64 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package libguestfs-hfsplus:amd64 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libguestfs-tools:
 libguestfs-tools depends on libguestfs0 (= 1:1.36.13-1ubuntu3); however:
  Package libguestfs0:amd64 is not configured yet.
 libguestfs-tools dependNo apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
      No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                                    s on libguestfs-perl (= 1:1.36.13-1ubuntu3); however:
  Package libguestfs-perl is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package libguestfs-tools (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libguestfs-xfs:amd64:
 libguestfs-xfs:amd64 depends on libguestfs0 (= 1:1.36.13-1ubuntu3); however:
  Package libguestfs0:amd64 is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package libguestfs-xfs:amd64 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
                                                              Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.130ubuntu3) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-20-generic
Errors were encountered while processing:
 lvm2
 libguestfs0:amd64
 libguestfs-reiserfs:amd64
 libguestfs-perl
 libguestfs-hfsplus:amd64
 libguestfs-tools
 libguestfs-xfs:amd64
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)