package flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.1.218+really9.0.260.0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree
Upgrading from Kubuntu 8.4 to 9.10 online. flashplugin-
apt-cache policy flashplugin-nonfree
flashplugin-
Installed: 10.0.1.
Candidate: 10.0.42.
Version table:
10.
500 http://
500 http://
10.
500 http://
*** 10.0.1.
100 /var/lib/
Try to install flashplugin-
The following extra packages will be installed:
flashplugin-
Suggested packages:
ttf-xfree86-
The following NEW packages will be installed
flashplugin-
The following packages will be upgraded:
flashplugin-
1 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/21.4kB of archives.
After this operation, 61.4kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Preconfiguring packages ...
dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--remove):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
flashplugin-
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Can't remove or install flashplugin. Tried apt-get -f install but got same result.
ProblemType: Package
AptOrdering:
flashplugin-
flashplugin-
flashplugin-
flashplugin-
flashplugin-
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Dec 13 10:11:22 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
DpkgTerminalLog:
Log started: 2009-12-13 10:11:18
dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--remove):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
ErrorMessage: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Package: flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.1.
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
Title: package flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.1.
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic i686
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 429841, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.