On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 3:52 PM, shawn wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > grrr, for the list :) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: shawn wilson <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, May 12, 2011 at 3:52 AM > Subject: Re: dpkg died. > To: Magicloud Magiclouds <[email protected]> > > > On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 3:41 AM, Magicloud Magiclouds > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> Today I installed a third party .dpkg file, which failed due to >> unmet dependencies. >> Then I tried to remove it, or install the dependencies by aptitude. >> Well, dpkg database seemed to be interrupted. >> For example, when I tried to remove, I got: >> >> dpkg: error processing navalplan (--remove): >> Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should >> reinstall it before attempting a removal. >> configured to not write apport reports >> Errors were encountered while >> processing: >> navalplan >> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) >> A package failed to install. Trying to recover: >> >> How to resolve this? >> > > i would go through this: > apt-get -f install (might fail) > dpkg --force-all --purge <package> > > then, see if things get right: > apt-get -f install (should succeed) > apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade > > ... should be in a clean and fully up to date state :) > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > >
Thank you for the reply. I had tried something similar, not helping. Then I hacked the database in /var/lib/dpkg, at least it worked. -- 竹密岂妨流水过 山高哪阻野云飞 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
