That broke my system! Selecting previously deselected package xchat-xsys. (Reading database ... 125891 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace xchat-xsys 2.2.0-1 (using xchat-xsys.deb) ... Unpacking replacement xchat-xsys ... rm: cannot remove `/home/doolz/.xchat2/xsys2.conf': No such file or directory dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 1 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... rm: cannot remove `/home/doolz/.xchat2/xsys2.conf': No such file or directory dpkg: error processing xchat-xsys.deb (--install): subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 1 rm: cannot remove `/home/doolz/.xchat2/xsys2.conf': No such file or directory dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: xchat-xsys.deb
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Desktop$ sudo aptitude remove xchat-xsys Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Writing extended state information... Done Building tag database... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: xchat-xsys 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 71.7kB will be freed. Writing extended state information... Done dpkg: error processing xchat-xsys (--remove): Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal. Errors were encountered while processing: xchat-xsys E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Writing extended state information... Done Building tag database... Done [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/Desktop$ system broke!, can't even use the package manager Software index is broken It is impossible to install or remove any software. Please use the package manager "Synaptic" or run "sudo apt-get install -f" in a terminal to fix this issue at first. ? ? ? (I'm a test rat) -- xchat-xsys doesn't work in 8.04 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/188990 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs