Comment 0 for bug 776439

trying to uninstall bcmwl-kernel-source with apt-get remove

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  bcmwl-kernel-source
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
After this operation, 3,367 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
(Reading database ... 163429 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing bcmwl-kernel-source ...
Removing all DKMS Modules

Error! There are no instances of module: bcmwl
5.100.82.38+bdcom located in the DKMS tree.
dpkg: error processing bcmwl-kernel-source (--remove):
 subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 3
Errors were encountered while processing:
 bcmwl-kernel-source
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: bcmwl-kernel-source 5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic-pae 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic-pae i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AptOrdering: bcmwl-kernel-source: Remove
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue May 3 10:46:33 2011
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 3
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
SourcePackage: bcmwl
Title: package bcmwl-kernel-source 5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu3 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 3
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)