What about: dpkg --force-all --remove frozen-bubble-data
it's pretty much a "power tool" so beware, but it could do the trick. ap ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu On Mon, 14 Mar 2005, Brian McCullough wrote: > 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 > > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
