Dr. Wolfram Schroers wrote: [] > Error message from "sudo apt-get remove sbcl": [] > /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing sbcl (--remove): > Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should > reinstall it before attempting a removal.
In such a situation, I found that the only solution is to manually erase the package from dpkg's memory: 1. Go to the directory /sw/var/lib/dpkg 2. Then copy the file "status" to "status.bak" to have a backup copy if anything goes wrong. There is already a backup copy called "status-old" which may be a little older. 3. Then edit "status" using a text editor that does not destroy text files (vi or pico etc., not emacs or TextEdit). The file contains little paragraphs for each package. Go to the paragraph starting with the line Package: sbcl and erase it (the whole paragraph, around 23 lines). Repeat this for any other paragraph that has a "Package:" line with "sbcl" in it. Do not touch paragraphs that have "sbcl" in some other line. Save the edited file "status". 4. Finally go to the "info" subdirectory and remove any files with "sbcl" in their names, like "sbcl.list", "sbcl.postinst", "sbcl.prerm". This should do it. Run "fink scanpackages" and "sudo apt-get update", and then resume whatever you wanted to do. -- Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
