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.

[Julian Hartley]

Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree

I upgraded to 10.04 from 6.04 (I think). During this process, the above package created problems. There are broken dependencies. Now I cannot update with update-manager.

ProblemType: Package
AptOrdering:
 flashplugin-nonfree: Remove
 flashplugin-installer: Install
 flashplugin-nonfree: Install
 flashplugin-installer: Configure
 flashplugin-nonfree: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Feb 2 19:03:42 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
DpkgTerminalLog:
 Log started: 2010-02-02 19:03:41
 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 10.0.1.218+really9.0.260.0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-12.16-generic
SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
Title: 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.
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-12-generic i686

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This is likely a duplicate of bug 429841. Could you please add the log files from '/var/log/dist-upgrade/' to this bug report as separate attachments? Thanks in advance.

[Julian Hartley (julian-hartley)]

Thank you Jean-Baptiste for taking a look at this.

You asked for log files from /var/log/dist-upgrade/ which I hope I can attach.

There are 6 files and one folder. The folder name appears to correspond to the time of the error incident. Some names are duplicated so I think I will just send the log files from the folder. Please let me know if you need the 6 other files?

Sorry, I am not sure how to upload more than one file at a time.

[Julian Hartley (julian-hartley)]

2nd file from folder apt-term.log has a cross on the icon and I cannot seem to upload.

so on to 3rd file

[Julian Hartley (julian-hartley)]

4th file

[Julian Hartley (julian-hartley)]

5th file

[Julian Hartley (julian-hartley)]

Just in case, I will send the files that were not in the folder.

[Julian Hartley (julian-hartley)]

2nd file apt-term.log again I cannot send so 3rd file

[Julian Hartley (julian-hartley)]

4th file

[Julian Hartley (julian-hartley)]

5th file

[Julian Hartley (julian-hartley)]

6th file

Thank you once again for looking into this bug.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thank you for the log files. It confirms the 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.