package bluez-utils 3.19-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall

[Greenie]

Binary package hint: bluez-utils

happened while updating packages, during the bluez-utils setting up is could not stop the bluetooth service and the update process stopped. i am not sure why this happened, i know the only thing i changed with bluetooth was stopping the service starting up with the computer..

when the update process was terminated, the error in the summary appeared. i solved it by using dpkg to correctly install the package, but this is probably beyond a novice users skillset.

ProblemType: Package
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Sep 22 12:20:36 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
ErrorMessage: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
NonfreeKernelModules: ath_hal
Package: bluez-utils 3.19-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: bluez-utils
Title: package bluez-utils 3.19-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
Uname: Linux greenie-laptop 2.6.22-12-generic #1 SMP Sun Sep 23 18:11:30 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

[Matti Lindell (mlind)]

Does your /var/log/apt/term.log contain information what went wrong with bluez-utils upgrade ?

[Greenie (greenie-green)]

no, it doesnt although i know it failed because it couldnt stop the
bluetooth service.

as far as i know, i had stopped the bluetooth service from starting with the
computer so it may have had the problem trying to stop a service that was
already stopped

On 30/09/2007, mlind <email address hidden> wrote:
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> Does your /var/log/apt/term.log contain information what went wrong with
> bluez-utils upgrade ?
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> package bluez-utils 3.19-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: Package is in
> a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/144606
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

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[kenw (kenw)]

So, how did you use apt-get to reinstall bluez-utils?

I tried that and it once again gets hung up on trying to stop the bluetooth service.

I tried to just uninstall bluez-utils and couldn't because it was in an inconsistent state. It said to reinstall it - I tried that and it once again hangs at trying to turn off bluetooth services.

So, any hints on how to resolve this would be greatly appreciated. I can't update my system at all at the moment.

If it matters:

Linux ENGDT2UA761F3V 2.6.22-12-generic #1 SMP Sun Sep 23 18:11:30 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

[Matti Lindell (mlind)]

kenw: Try to temporarily comment out 'invoke-rc.d bluetooth stop || exit $?' in /var/lib/dpkg/info/bluez-utils.prerm file (or replace exit $? with true). Edit the .prerm file and insert # before this command, save and then try to upgrade. Remember to revert any changes to .prerm file afterwards.

Make sure the bluetooth service is stopped first before doing this: 'sudo /etc/init.d/bluetooth stop'