Thank god I'm not the only one with this problem. Chech the thread on removal catch-22 earlier today. I completely removed it by editing the dpkg status file, because my system was stuck completely. Be careful and good luck. --Hans
At 01:31 PM 5/3/01 -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: >I've been getting the following messages trying to install irda-common >on a TuxTops 20U laptop (x86, unstable) for the past month or so: > > Preparing to replace irda-common 0.9.5-2 (using > .../irda-common_0.9.14-3_i386.deb) ... > Stopping IrDA Manager: dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned > error exit status 1 > dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... > Stopping IrDA Manager: dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/irda-common_0.9.14-3_i386.deb (--unpack): > subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 > Stopping irmanager... > Stopping IrDA Manager: dpkg: error while cleaning up: > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/irda-common_0.9.14-3_i386.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > >...I apparently can't get this thing to go forwards or backwards. >"apt-get remove" gets hung up on dependencies. > >Using dpkg directly isn't much better: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:archives]$ dpkg --remove irda-common > dpkg: error processing irda-common (--remove): > Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should > reinstall it before attempting a removal. > Errors were encountered while processing: > irda-common > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:archives]$ dpkg --install irda-common_0.9.14-3_i386.deb > Selecting previously deselected package irda-common. > (Reading database ... 78623 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace irda-common 0.9.5-2 (using > irda-common_0.9.14-3_i386.deb) ... > Stopping IrDA Manager: dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned > error exit status 1 > dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... > Stopping IrDA Manager: dpkg: error processing > irda-common_0.9.14-3_i386.deb (--install): > subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 > Stopping irmanager... > Stopping IrDA Manager: dpkg: error while cleaning up: > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > irda-common_0.9.14-3_i386.deb > >Suggestions? > >-- >Karsten M. Self <[email protected]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ > What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal > http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org > >Attachment Converted: "d:\zonnet\attach\irda-common won't installrem" >
