On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 14:50:53 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > Hi, > > A couple of years ago, when there were some "issues" with the > various Adobe Flash packages, I downloaded and installed > adobe-flashplugin from Ubuntu. It installed perfectly, and I've > been happy with it ever since. > > But now I want to replace it with the up-to-date flashplayer-mozilla > from www.debian-multimedia.org. > > However, I've hosed something, and can't figure out how to unhose it... > > Currently, this is what is happening: > > # dpkg -r --force-remove-reinstreq adobe-flashplugin > 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 ... 182140 files and directories currently installed.) > Removing adobe-flashplugin ... > update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin. > update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for iceape-flashplugin. > dpkg: error processing adobe-flashplugin (--remove): > subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 2 > postinst called with argument `abort-remove' > dpkg: error while cleaning up: > subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit > status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > adobe-flashplugin
The first two errors seems to result from invocations of update-alternatives in the pre-removal script of the package, so I would start here: /var/lib/dpkg/info/adobe-flashplugin.prerm Looking at the script you might be able to figure out what it is trying to do; then you can search for a way to change your alternatives setup to make that work or you can comment out the problematic commands. Using "set -x" in the script (assuming it is a shell script) should also help to see what it is trying to do. -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian | -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
