Why don't you give Ubuntu a call or check on their mailing list ?
You problem seems much more related to Ubuntu than Debian.

The only thing I can tell you is look inside /var/lib/dpkg/info/
and remove the file .postrm (or whatever you need). This way you will be
able to remove the package or install it.

On 2021-05-29 9:18 a.m., Anton Wessel wrote:
> apt-get upgrade debian-archive-keyring
> exits with error because removing of
> ldap-account-manager
> (which is half installed) is not possible because error from postrm.
> 
> general problem in apt-get:
> a similar option as --no-remove should exist which makes possible
> apt-get to make its work ignoring other problems like remove-error.
> 
> Background:
> 
> On one device I have Knoppix, on another device I have kubuntu.
> 
> kubuntu is running.
> 
> since many days, packet ldap-account-manager
> is defect, cannot be repaired, cannot be removed becaus apache is not
> avalable.
> 
> apache cannot be started becase of very many reasons, the most of it I
> have fixed, but some I cannot fix.
> 
> Thus I would like to make available my KNOPPIX 8.6 by mount cloop KNOPPIX.
> 
> But cloop-utils are not contained in Kubuntu.
> 
> Thetefore I have to get available the packages of debian buster.
> 
> For this the public key must be provided.
> 
> For this apt-get updrade must run.
> 
> But apt-get is not vwilling to run becase it tries to remove
> ldap-acoount-manager
> and cannot remove it, see above.
> 
> anton_wes...@t-online.de
> 
> 
> 
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