Well, I ran into a similar enough problem. I downloaded
http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~beffara/debian/frcursive_1.0-1_all.deb
and tried to install it using dpkg, only to find that something was
awry. The error was only as specific as 'dpkg returned error code 1' or
so. Naturally, I tried dpkg -r, but to no avail. Now dpkg, apt,
aptitude, and dselect were all bailing because of this failed
installation. Maybe it was unsuitable for AM64 architecture--a TeX
file?--who knows?
Anyhow, after a week of digging around, somehow I noticed someone
suggesting manually editing /var/lib/dpkg/status to remove entries
concerning the offending package. Sensibly, that person also suggests
backing up /var/lib/dpkg/status before doing so. Incredibly, I hadn't
noticed this file in the dpkg man page despite repeated readings looking
for just such a file.
From there, apt-get update and upgrade should work fine, or so it seems
so far. Perhaps someone more knowledgeable than I can amend this or
correct me.
So, to summarize:
* bakcup /var/lib/dpkg/status
* manually edit /var/lib/dpkg/status to remove mention of the
offending package.
* apt-get update and you're sailing free, with the one caveat that
files which may have been unpacked will remain on your system,
probably invisible to deborphan and the like.
Ashok Mudholkar
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