Comment 2 for bug 120114

Xeno Campanoli wrote:
> Please provide steps to reproduce this if you can:
>
> 1. Please say the distribution you are using, and say anything special you might have been doing before this occurred.
> 2. Please provide specific steps with which this repeatedly occurs for you so others can try to reproduce the problem.
>
> Thank you for your assistance.
>
> ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu)
> Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info
>
>
I am using Ubuntu 7.04 (feisty fawn), I downloaded
virtualbox_1.4.0.Ubuntu_feisty_i386.deb and attempted to install it and
it seemed to "hang", I canceled the installation then tried to start the
installation again and began getting the error message. I panicked and
removed the any files I could find related to virtualbox and tried to
download virtualbox_1.4.0.Ubuntu_feisty_i386.deb and tried to reload it
but couldn't get passed the error. Went to the terminal and tried to
use dpkg -r command to clean things up and got the message
> "The following packages are in a mess due to serious problems during
> installation. They must be reinstalled for them (and any packages
> that depend on them) to function properly:
> virtualbox "

used dpkg -C and got the message

 "dpkg: error processing virtualbox (--remove):
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
 virtualbox"

I'm a newbee to Linux and am afraid I've really screwed something up
bad, I really can't seem to reinstall the software (virtualbox); I can't
even get the download package to download. Please help, is there anyway
to "reset" the package manager?