Errors were encountered while processing: apache2-utils

Having trouble completing sudo apt-get upgrade i get the following error:

dpkg: error processing package apache2-utils (--configure):
 package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
 reinstall it before attempting configuration
Errors were encountered while processing:
 apache2-utils
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Im unable to remove it either.

dpkg: error processing package apache2-utils (--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:
 apache2-utils
Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ubuntu 22

How can i fix this problem?

edit:

Tried reinstalling it.

sudo apt-get install apache2-utils                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

[sudo] password for kay: Reading package lists… Done Building
dependency tree… Done Reading state information… Done
apache2-utils is already the newest version (2.4.52-1ubuntu4.4). The
following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
required: libllvm13 libllvm13:i386 libvulkan1:i386
libxcb-randr0:i386 mesa-vulkan-drivers:i386 Use 'sudo apt autoremove'
to remove them. 0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 12
not to upgrade. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/89.5
kB 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 apache2-utils (–configure): package is in a very bad
inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting
configuration Errors were encountered while processing: apache2-utils
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)