package alien-arena-data 7.33-1 failed to install/upgrade: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal.

[jrmi]

system crashes when trying to install and reinstall alien arena. can't remove it via synaptic. computer janitor can't remove it. tried reinstalling 4 times. seems to get hung up and then crash/freeze system.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: alien-arena-data 7.33-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-38.83-generic 2.6.32.52+drm33.21
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-38-generic i686
AptOrdering: alien-arena-data: Remove
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Feb 5 10:31:23 2012
Dependencies:

ErrorMessage: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal.
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20110720.1)
PackageArchitecture: unknown
SourcePackage: alien-arena-data
Title: package alien-arena-data 7.33-1 failed to install/upgrade: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal.

[jrmi (milljas)]

ran "sudo dpkg --configure -a" as suggested
and "sudo apt-get clean"
and "sudo apt-get update"

ran update manger for alien arena (new install), same issue occurred (crash)

[jrmi (milljas)]

since the problem prevented me from installing anything other programs, and since i had just installed, i decided to reinstall 10.04.3 and everything works fine now, i just won't install alien arena. So i don't know if there's any information in this report that's of use to developers.

[jrmi (milljas)]

a failing hdd was most certainly the cause, so not a bug.