Comment 25 for bug 238755

On Fri, 2009-07-17 at 08:38 +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 07:31:28AM -0000, wayward4now wrote:
> > It seems that the updated package will not install. Getting this error in Synaptic:
> > E: landscape-common: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal.
>
> Doesn't seem related - that sometimes happens if e.g. you have a power
> failure in the middle of installing packages. In general finding the
> landscape-common .deb and running 'dpkg -i
> /path/to/landscape-common.deb' (and then successively dealing with any
> error messages that that in turn throws up; 'dpkg --configure -a' may be
> useful, for instance) will deal with this.

THANK YOU! That did the trick! I used to work for RedHat, back in the
Bob Young days, as Installation Support Eng. So, I'm still learning the
ropes with apt-get. Fedora went past the point of audience participation
until I had to just quit using it. Bob would have never treated his
users like that. It was like getting a divorce. But, when I read Mark
Shuttleworth's philosophy, it was like being back in the old days of
RedHat. I hope you guys stay true to that vision. You taking the time to
reply is proof that you are. thanks! Ric

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