synaptic alerted on an error when I tried to install icedtea6 for firefox

[Boaz Catane]

I tried to install icedtea6 for firefox. I installed all recommended packages for it. And then I got an error message. After that, I couldn't open Synaptic (I got a blank alert window every time I tried). Then I tried to reboot, but I couldn't use the OS anymore, I got to BusyBox...
So using the live cd I ran
:~$ sudo fsck /dev/sda1
and some fixes were being made. Now I can run my OS but I when I open Synaptic I'm informed that the package openjdk-6-jre-headless is broken.
I'm using Ubuntu 10.04.2 LTS.
Output of apt-cache policy:
laptop:~$ apt-cache policy openjdk-6-jre-headless
openjdk-6-jre-headless:
  Installed: 6b20-1.9.7-0ubuntu1~10.04.1
  Candidate: 6b20-1.9.8-0ubuntu1~10.04.1
  Version table:
     6b20-1.9.8-0ubuntu1~10.04.1 0
        500 http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Packages
 *** 6b20-1.9.7-0ubuntu1~10.04.1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     6b18-1.8-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://il.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b20-1.9.7-0ubuntu1~10.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-33.70-generic 2.6.32.41+drm33.18
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-33-generic i686
AptOrdering:
 openjdk-6-jre-headless: Remove
 openjdk-6-jre-lib: Remove
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jul 19 13:49:31 2011
ErrorMessage: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal.
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1)
SourcePackage: openjdk-6
Title: package openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b20-1.9.7-0ubuntu1~10.04.1 failed to install/upgrade: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal.

[Boaz Catane (boazcatane)]

After clicking on "Apply" for what Synaptic suggested (be it 'reinstall' or 'upgrade', I'm not sure) the package isn't broken anymore.

[Boaz Catane (boazcatane)]

After clicking on "Apply" for what Synaptic suggested (be it 'reinstall' or 'upgrade', I'm not sure) the package isn't broken anymore.
After that, when I tried to install IcedTea6 it installed well, and now everything's working fine.

Thanks

[Andreas Moog (ampelbein)]

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