Bug#465608: "education" has made my debian mentally challenged
No such luck :-(
domus:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg --force-all -i
education-astronomy_0.825_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 580683 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace education-astronomy 0.824+svn40294 (using
education-astronomy_0.825_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement education-astronomy ...
err 67: Custom distribution education does not exist
dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 67
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
err 67: Custom distribution education does not exist
dpkg: error processing education-astronomy_0.825_i386.deb (--install):
subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 67
err 67: Custom distribution education does not exist
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 67
Errors were encountered while processing:
education-astronomy_0.825_i386.deb
Jay Zach <jzach@zachfamily.org> wrote:
> Tyler MacDonald wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm running sid.
>>
>> I've had the "education" packages installed for awhile... last week,
>> an update came out for them which has completely broken the package manager,
>> making it impossible to upgrade further. I get a message like this for every
>> "education-*" package:
>>
>> Preparing to replace education-chemistry 0.824+svn40294 (using
>> .../education-chemistry_0.825_i386.deb) ...
>> Unpacking replacement education-chemistry ...
>> err 67: Custom distribution education does not exist
>> dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 67
>> dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
>> err 67: Custom distribution education does not exist
>> dpkg: error processing
>> /var/cache/apt/archives/education-chemistry_0.825_i386.deb (--unpack):
>> subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 67
>> err 67: Custom distribution education does not exist
>> dpkg: error while cleaning up:
>> subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 67
>>
>> ... apt-get remove refuses to delete the packages:
>>
>> Reading changelogs... Done
>> dpkg: error processing education-chemistry (--remove):
>> Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
>> reinstall it before attempting a removal.
>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>> education-chemistry
>> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>>
>> ... and trying to force dpkg's hand doesnt work either!
>>
>> domus:~# dpkg --force-remove-reinstreq --purge education-chemistry
>> dpkg - warning, overriding problem because --force enabled:
>> Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
>> reinstall it before attempting a removal.
>> (Reading database ... 580601 files and directories currently installed.)
>> Removing education-chemistry ...
>> err 67: Custom distribution education does not exist
>> dpkg: error processing education-chemistry (--purge):
>> subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 67
>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>> education-chemistry
>>
>> Is there any safe, sane way I can either remove these 50-some-odd
>> packages or get them to install correctly?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tyler
>>
>>
>>
> I struggled with the same stuff with education-astronomy on my sidux
> system... There are bug reports for this and the .825 packages are
> supposed to fix it. I eventually believe that this straightened it out
> for me (but don't hold me to it as I was trying all kinds of stuff and it
> was a couple days ago):
> dpkg --force-all -i
> /var/cache/apt/archives/education-astronomy_0.825_amd64.deb
>
>
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