<a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=455541">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=455541</a><br><br>Try solution from post #4. It should work. Don't forget backup your <font color="Blue">'/var/lib/dpkg/status' </font>file. If something goes wrong you can restore your system with that file. <br>
<br>Regards,<br>Sarkhan Elkhanzade<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 11:16 PM, Mathew R. Phillips <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mathew.phillips@wartburg.edu">mathew.phillips@wartburg.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">This is what i get<br>
<br>
matt@matt-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq flashplugin-nonfree<br>
dpkg: warning: overriding problem because --force enabled:<br>
<div class="im"> Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should<br>
reinstall it before attempting a removal.<br>
</div>(Reading database ... 115417 files and directories currently installed.)<br>
Removing flashplugin-nonfree ...<br>
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin.<br>
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin.<br>
<div class="im">dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--remove):<br>
</div> subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 2<br>
postinst called with argument `abort-remove'<br>
dpkg: error while cleaning up:<br>
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1<br>
<div class="im">Errors were encountered while processing:<br>
flashplugin-nonfree<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
</div><div><div></div><div class="h5">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: <a href="mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org">cialug-bounces@cialug.org</a> on behalf of Sarkhan Elkhanzade<br>
Sent: Mon 12/14/2009 2:13 PM<br>
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group<br>
Subject: Re: [Cialug] manually remove package kubuntu 9.10<br>
<br>
Did you tried 'dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq "package name" ' ?<br>
<br>
Sarkhan Elkhanzade<br>
<br>
On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Mathew R. Phillips <<br>
<a href="mailto:mathew.phillips@wartburg.edu">mathew.phillips@wartburg.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
><br>
> Ok...so I've had flash working since i got 9.10 installed on my computer.<br>
> The other day i did some updates and now its saying that flash is not<br>
> installed anymore. I've tried some forum postings and i can't seem to get<br>
> anything working. And to make things worse I have a messed up<br>
> flashplugin-nonfree package that i cannot fully remove right now.<br>
><br>
> The following packages will be REMOVED:<br>
> flashplugin-nonfree<br>
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.<br>
> 2 not fully installed or removed.<br>
> After this operation, 160kB disk space will be freed.<br>
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y<br>
> dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--remove):<br>
> Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should<br>
> reinstall it before attempting a removal.<br>
> Errors were encountered while processing:<br>
> flashplugin-nonfree<br>
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)<br>
><br>
> Does anyone know how to manually get rid of a package without using<br>
> kpackagekit or apt?<br>
><br>
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