Re: Can't deinstall package

[Rick Hawkins <rhawkins@iastate.edu>]

> Thanks for the advice.  I gave it a go and came up with:
> 
> # dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq kernel-source-1.99.7
> 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 ... 28305 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing kernel-source-1.99.7 ...
> The file /usr/src/.linux-versions does not exist. This is an 
> misconfiguration, making it hard to provide a /usr/src/linux
> symlink if the latest target is removed.

I had this problem some time back.  try editing /var/lib/dpkg/status,
and change the entry for this package to "not installed".  Then remove
the offending directories, install the package, and remove it.

rick


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