aptdaemon doesn't work after messed up installation of other program

Bug #768553 reported by Nathaniel Elkins
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Bug Description

Tried to install Gparted via Ubuntu Software Center, but it stalled out. I restarted my computer (before it was done, because it was taking so long), and tried to install again. It said it was already installed, but I couldn't find it. I went to uninstall it, but aptdaemon says I can't. Then I tried to install another program, and it said something was wrong with aptdaemon again. Here is the report that it returns from trying to remove Gparted:

installArchives() failed: dpkg: error processing gparted (--remove):
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
 gparted

and here's what I get from trying to install Deskbar (which I was going to use to try and manually remove gparted):

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 779, in simulate
    return self._simulate_helper(trans, status_path)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/aptdaemon/worker.py", line 958, in _simulate_helper
    return depends, status, self._cache.required_download, \
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 218, in required_download
    pm.get_archives(fetcher, self._list, self._records)
SystemError: E:I wasn't able to locate file for the gparted package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package.

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