I am having a problem with a package that was not fully installed and now i cannot remove it nor reinstall it, nor install any other package. Package is libvlc0. I running Hardy. I tried:
sudo apt-get remove libvlc0
dpkg: error processing libvlc0 (--remove):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing: libvlc0
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)And when I try reinstalling it again:
sudo apt-get -f --reinstall install libvlc0
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libvlc0_0.8.6.release.e+x264svn20071224+faad2.6.1-0ubuntu3_i386.deb
Processing was halted because there were too many errors.
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)I found the solution http://www.ubuntugeek.com/package-in...-solution.html
1st: I must delete all relevant files in /var/lib/dpkg/info
sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/libvlc*2nd: Force remove with dpkg
sudo dpkg -r --force-depends --force-remove-reinstreq libvlc0