Dear Maintainer,
Thank you for all the detailed explanations and your efforts.
It seems that dpkg is indeed somewhat affected. Please allow me to
illustrate the steps taken :
a. apt-get remove lilypond*
The following packages will be REMOVED:
lilypond lilypond-data lilypond-doc lilypond-doc-html lilypond-doc-pdf
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 5 to remove and 59 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 144 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
dpkg: error processing package lilypond-doc (--remove):
package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal
(Reading database ... 230851 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing lilypond (2.18.0-1) ...
Removing lilypond-data (2.18.0-1) ...
Removing lilypond-doc-html (2.18.0-1) ...
Removing lilypond-doc-pdf (2.18.0-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1) ...
Processing triggers for doc-base (0.10.6) ...
Processing 2 removed doc-base files...
Errors were encountered while processing:
lilypond-doc
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
b. apt-get install lilypond-doc
dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: original symlink target is not an
absolute path
dpkg: error processing archive
/var/cache/apt/archives/lilypond-doc_2.18.0-1_all.deb (--unpack):
subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: original symlink target is not an
absolute path
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Selecting previously unselected package lilypond-doc-html.
Preparing to unpack .../lilypond-doc-html_2.18.0-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking lilypond-doc-html (2.18.0-1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package lilypond-doc-pdf.
Preparing to unpack .../lilypond-doc-pdf_2.18.0-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking lilypond-doc-pdf (2.18.0-1) ...
Processing triggers for doc-base (0.10.6) ...
Processing 2 added doc-base files...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/lilypond-doc_2.18.0-1_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
c. apt-get download lilypond-doc && dpkg -i lilypond*
+ dpkg -i lilypond-doc_2.18.0-1_all.deb
(Reading database ... 244588 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack lilypond-doc_2.18.0-1_all.deb ...
dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: original symlink target is not an
absolute path
dpkg: error processing archive lilypond-doc_2.18.0-1_all.deb (--install):
subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg-maintscript-helper: error: original symlink target is not an
absolute path
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
lilypond-doc_2.18.0-1_all.deb
Debian Release: jessie/sid
Architecture : amd64
3. Please kindly point me to how we can get this fixed or what is the
next course of action.
Many thanks !
Warmest Regards,
Glenn K. Agilan
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