package steam-installer (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting a removal

[Cade Johnson]

there is a steam_latest.deb package at Steam website I should have used. The apt package is bad; requires an old nvidia-driver-lib:i386 install that is not in repository. This corrupted the steam-installer package which I had to reinstall and then remove to install the steam_latest.deb package. Just annoying...

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: steam-installer (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.11.0-25.25~24.04.1-generic 6.11.11
Uname: Linux 6.11.0-25-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.5
AptOrdering:
 steam-installer:amd64: Remove
 steam-launcher:amd64: Install
 NULL: ConfigurePending
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
Date: Wed May 7 12:26:00 2025
DpkgTerminalLog:
 dpkg: error processing package steam-installer (--remove):
  package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
  reinstall it before attempting a removal
 dpkg: too many errors, stopping
ErrorMessage: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting a removal
InstallationDate: Installed on 2025-05-07 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64 (20250215)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.12, Python 3.12.3, python3-minimal, 3.12.3-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.22.6ubuntu6.1
 apt 2.7.14build2
SourcePackage: steam-installer
Title: package steam-installer (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting a removal
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)