package chromium-codecs-ffmpeg (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal.

[Shaun]

During installation it said it ran out of memory or something. Upgrading the package using Synaptic allowed me to safely remove it it looked like.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: chromium-codecs-ffmpeg (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-35.78-generic 2.6.32.46+drm33.20
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-35-generic x86_64
AptOrdering: chromium-codecs-ffmpeg: Remove
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Nov 28 16:40:25 2011
ErrorMessage: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal.
SourcePackage: chromium-browser
Title: package chromium-codecs-ffmpeg (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal.

[dino99 (9d9)]

This version has expired some times ago, and no backport is expected as there is no 'security' reported problem