package flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.1.218 really9.0.262.0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal.
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: flashplugin-nonfree
Maybe I don't understand, since I thought what I was doing was reinstalling.
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.1.
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
NonfreeKernelMo
AptOrdering:
flashplugin-
adobe-flashplugin: Install
adobe-flashplugin: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon May 10 04:02:46 2010
ErrorMessage: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal.
SourcePackage: flashplugin-nonfree
Title: package flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.1.
Hello,
I tried to uninstall break package flashplugin-nonfree with the following command in a terminal :
sudo dpkg --force all --purge flashplugin-nonfree
This is the result (sorry, in french- Look at the end of this comment for a translation in english...) : desktop- 2:~$ sudo dpkg --force all --purge flashplugin-nonfree alternatives: error: pas d'alternatives pour iceape-flashplugin. alternatives: error: pas d'alternatives pour iceape-flashplugin. nonfree
dpkg: la zone de la base de données d'état est verrouillée par un autre processus
paps@paps-
dpkg : avertissement : problème contourné par utilisation de --force :
Le paquet est dans un état incohérent - vous devriez
le réinstaller avant d'essayer de le supprimer.
(Lecture de la base de données... 235648 fichiers et répertoires déjà installés.)
Suppression de flashplugin-nonfree ...
update-
update-
dpkg : erreur de traitement de flashplugin-nonfree (--purge) :
le sous-processus script pre-removal installé a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 2
postinst called with argument `abort-remove'
dpkg : erreur lors du nettoyage :
le sous-processus script post-installation installé a retourné une erreur de sortie d'état 1
Des erreurs ont été rencontrées pendant l'exécution :
flashplugin-
ENGLISH VERSION OF THE MESSAGE desktop- 2:~$ sudo dpkg --force all --purge flashplugin-nonfree alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin. alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin. nonfree
dpkg: database state zone is locked by another process
paps@paps-
dpkg : warning : problem bypassed by the use of --force :
the package is in incoherent or disconnected state - you might
reinstall it before trying to remove it.
(reading database... 235648 files and folders already installed.)
Removing flashplugin-nonfree ...
update-
update-
dpkg : error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--purge) :
sub process script pre-removal installed returned an exit state error 2
postinst called with argument `abort-remove'
dpkg : error during cleaning :
sub process script post-installation installed returned an exit state error 1
Errors occurred during execution :
flashplugin-
Thanks by advance
J.D. BRIERE