[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I am in deep trouble with managing packages. I could not remove >a package which is in the status of half-installed. When I try to >remove it by dpkg -r or dselect I get a error message as follows, >--- >dpkg: error processing tfm-arphic-bkai00mp (--remove): > Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall >it before attempting a removal. >--- >But when I try to reinstall it I get "Sorry, tfm-arphic-bkai00mp is >already the newest version." and the installation could not be completed. >What should I do? Thanks so much for any help!
Either download it and 'dpkg -i tfm...deb', or else 'apt-get --reinstall install tfm-arphic-bkai00mp'. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]