Ubuntu, Inconsistent apt-get State
I recently installed a debian package that left apt-get in a very bad state. Whenever I tried to upgrade or install a package I received the following error.
% sudo apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree… Done
E: The package jedit needs to be reinstalled, but I can’t find an archive for it.
If I tried to uninstall the package I would get the following.
% sudo dpkg –remove jedit
dpkg: error processing jedit (–remove):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state – you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing: jedit
The only way I was able to get the package manager working properly was to run
% sudo dpkg –force-remove-reinstreq –remove jedit
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 …
dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `jedit’ missing, assuming package has no files currently installed.
107365 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing jedit …