[Cialug] manually remove package kubuntu 9.10

[Mathew R. Phillips]

This is what i get

matt at matt-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq flashplugin-nonfree
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 ... 115417 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing flashplugin-nonfree ...
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin.
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin.
dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--remove):
 subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
postinst called with argument `abort-remove'
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 flashplugin-nonfree



-----Original Message-----
From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org on behalf of Sarkhan Elkhanzade
Sent: Mon 12/14/2009 2:13 PM
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [Cialug] manually remove package kubuntu 9.10
 
Did you tried 'dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq "package name" ' ?

Sarkhan Elkhanzade

On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Mathew R. Phillips <
mathew.phillips at wartburg.edu> wrote:

>
> Ok...so I've had flash working since i got 9.10 installed on my computer.
> The other day i did some updates and now its saying that flash is not
> installed anymore. I've tried some forum postings and i can't seem to get
> anything working. And to make things worse I have a messed up
> flashplugin-nonfree package that i cannot fully remove right now.
>
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>   flashplugin-nonfree
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> 2 not fully installed or removed.
> After this operation, 160kB disk space will be freed.
> Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
> dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--remove):
>  Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
>  reinstall it before attempting a removal.
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  flashplugin-nonfree
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> Does anyone know how to manually get rid of a package without using
> kpackagekit or apt?
>
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