Re: Stuck with dpkg: can neither remove nor reinstall a package

[Nick Lidakis <nlidakis@verizon.net>]

Carl Fink wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 29, 2006 at 05:57:01PM -0400, Nick Lidakis wrote:
>
>   
> > dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 1
> > dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
> >     
>
> Aha!
>
>   
> > and when trying to remove:
> > dpkg: error processing gtkwifi (--purge):
> > Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
> > reinstall it before attempting a removal.
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> > gtkwifi
> >     
>
> Take its advice.  Find the old package and reinstall that (without
> removing), then purge it, then install the new.
>   
There was no old package. The .deb was downloaded (Sourceforge?) from a 
site to be used with Debian Sid, which I am running. Something happened 
when I tried to install it; can't remember the original error message.

So that is why I'm stuck. I can't reinstall the gtkwifi.deb that I have 
in my home directory in order to complete its removal.

Any other suggestions?


Nick