Hi Thierry, I still have this issue. When I run sudo apt-get autoremove && sudo apt- get autoclean, I get the following
sudo apt-get autoremove && sudo apt-get autoclean Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: mysql-server-5.1 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 61 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. After this operation, 15.7MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.1 (--remove): Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal. Errors were encountered while processing: mysql-server-5.1 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ch...@chenj-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get remove mysql-server Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Package mysql-server is not installed, so not removed The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: mysql-server-5.1 Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 62 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B/7,103kB of archives. After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used. Preconfiguring packages ... Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server-5.1. (Reading database ... 203997 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.3 (using .../mysql-server-5.1_5.1.41-3ubuntu12.3_amd64.deb) ... Then it hangs there. Could you tell us how the reporter fixed this issue? -- package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.3 failed to install/upgrade: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/613195 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
