Folks, Normally, I am very happy working in my Debian-like environments, but last week encountered a problem that doesn't seem fixable. So, of course, I am turning to you all to fix it!
While building a new system from the ruins of the old one ( power failure during that storm last Tuesday, UPS ran out, dirty power, etc., etc., you know the tale ) I ran into a package that won't install, won't remove, won't "fix", and is blocking everything else. The wonderful package is "frozen-bubble-data" and I REALLY don't need it! When I try and remove it: (Reading database ... 93959 files and directories currently installed.) Removing frozen-bubble ... dpkg: error processing frozen-bubble-data (--remove): Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal. Errors were encountered while processing: frozen-bubble-data E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) When I try to install it: Selecting previously deselected package frozen-bubble-data. (Reading database ... 93938 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace frozen-bubble-data 1.0.0-4 (using .../frozen-bubble-data_1.0.0-6_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement frozen-bubble-data ... mv: cannot stat `/usr/games/frozen-bubble.wav': No such file or directory dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 1 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/frozen-bubble-data_1.0.0-6_all.deb (--unpack): there is no script in the new version of the package - giving up preinst called with unknown argument `abort-upgrade' dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/frozen-bubble-data_1.0.0-6_all.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) I tried to use the "dpkg --get and --set-selections" to try and remove those packages from the database, but no go. I have tried "apt -f install" but I get the same answer as above. Anybody got any bright ideas? TIA, Brian
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