package flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.1.218 really9.0.262.0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal.
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flashplugin-nonfree (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree
I am using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS - the Lucid Lynx
I constantly get the message:
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
However, when I try to get rid of or reinstall the flashplugin-nonfree
packages with synaptic, I get
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)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
I also tried some command line commands, like
sudo apt-get purge flashplugin-nonfree
or
sudo aptitude reinstall flashplugin-nonfree
I also tried
sudo apt-get -f install
with the equally unpleasant result:
hew@latitude:~$ sudo apt-get -f install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
linux-
junit4 libcommons-
libmockobject
liblog4j1.2-java openoffice.
libservlet2.
libbcel-java ant libcommons-
libcommons-
classpath-gtkpeer openssh-blacklist libjline-java libasm2-java
libcommons-
libcommons-
libcommons-
libcommons-
libmx4j-java libclassworlds-java libxstream-java
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
flashplugin-
Suggested packages:
konqueror-
The following NEW packages will be installed:
flashplugin-
The following packages will be upgraded:
flashplugin-
1 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 122 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/21.5kB 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)
hew@latitude:~$
What can I do?
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.1.
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
AptOrdering: flashplugin-
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jun 25 15:47:41 2010
ErrorMessage: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal.
SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
Title: package flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.1.