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