Re: broken package dependencies, surgery on package database

[Humberto Massa <humberto.massa@almg.gov.br>]

Richard Weil wrote:

> Here are samples from running dpkg --purge:
>
> able:/home/rcw# dpkg --purge lm-sensors-2.4.23
> dpkg: error processing lm-sensors-2.4.23 (--purge):
> Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you
> should
> reinstall it before attempting a removal.
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> lm-sensors-2.4.23
>
> able:/home/rcw# dpkg --purge i2c-2.4.23
> dpkg: error processing i2c-2.4.23 (--purge):
> Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you
> should
> reinstall it before attempting a removal.
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> i2c-2.4.23
>
> If I run dselect, and select these packages for
> removal/purge, I get a similar error message saying
> the packages should be reinstalled. Of course I no
> longer have the original .debs.
>
> The force options of dpkg don't help either.
>
> Richard
>  
ok, my hunch. Approach #1:
# dpkg --purge --force-depends i2c-2.4.23 lm-sensors-2.4.23 "<and the 
others here>"

Approach #2:
# apt-get --purge remove i2c-2.4.23 lm-sensors-2.4.23 "<and the others 
here>"

This should do OK.

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HTH, best regards,
Massa