[TriLUG] Apt *@&(*^$#@

[Andrew Perrin]

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

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Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin
Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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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
>
>