apt-get and synaptic broken

[kruget]

Somehow i installed a 32bit deb to 64bit Xubuntu using Ubuntu Software Center. Tho it failed, it breaks my apt-get. Now apt-get stuck, refused to do anything before the problem fixed.

I tried to fix broken package using Synaptic, resulting in this error:

dpkg: error processing bandwidthd:i386 (--remove):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
bandwidthd:i386
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:

Tried "apt-get -f install", result in other error:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
libpcap0.8:i386
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
libpcap0.8:i386
The following packages will be REMOVED:
bandwidthd:i386
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libpcap0.8:i386
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 to remove and 7 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/117 kB of archives.
After this operation, 88.1 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
dpkg: error processing bandwidthd:i386 (--remove):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
bandwidthd:i386
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

So i tried to reinstall as its requested, only to get another error:
sudo apt-get install bandwidthd:i386

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
bandwidthd:i386 : Depends: libpcap0.8:i386 (>= 0.9.8) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: ucf:i386 but it is not installable
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

What should i do now?

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sudo gedit /var/lib/dpkg/status

then remove all segment mentioned the culprit.

Solved.

[LonghornCS13]

You need to try to manually remove the packages. Open a terminal and type:

cd /var/lib/dpkg/info
sudo rm bandwidthd:i386.*

Then clean it up in dpkg:

sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove bandwithd:i386

I believe that should work...

http://blog.bodhizazen.net/linux/apt...oken-packages/

[kruget]

You need to try to manually remove the packages. Open a terminal and type:

cd /var/lib/dpkg/info
sudo rm bandwidthd:i386.*

Then clean it up in dpkg:

sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove bandwithd:i386

I believe that should work...

http://blog.bodhizazen.net/linux/apt...oken-packages/

sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove bandwithd:i386 resulted in error:

dpkg: error: unknown force/refuse option `remove'

Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*];
Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;

Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' !

[dino99]

sudo apt-get purge bandwidthd:i386

should work too.

note: you need the exact name (not bandwithd , with is false)

[kruget]

sudo apt-get purge bandwidthd:i386

should work too.

note: you need the exact name (not bandwithd , with is false)

That still resulted in error:

sudo apt-get purge bandwidthd:i386
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
bandwidthd:i386*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 7 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 201 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
dpkg: error processing bandwidthd:i386 (--purge):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
bandwidthd:i386
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[Elfy]

sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove bandwithd:i386

should be

sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq bandwithd

I believe

[LonghornCS13]

sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove bandwithd:i386

should be

sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq bandwithd

I believe

I think this is right. I was forgetting that reinstreq flag..

[kruget]

sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq bandwithd

That give me this:

dpkg: warning: there's no installed package matching bandwithd

But synaptic and apt-get still broken, and sudo apt-get install -f still give me this:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
libpcap0.8:i386
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
libpcap0.8:i386
The following packages will be REMOVED:
bandwidthd:i386
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libpcap0.8:i386
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 to remove and 7 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/117 kB of archives.
After this operation, 88.1 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
dpkg: error processing bandwidthd:i386 (--remove):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
bandwidthd:i386
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Any other suggestion?

[BrandonIngalls]

Shouldn't the command be

sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq bandwithd:i386

[kruget]

it doesn't work. Fortunately i found a solution on iasptk via ptheo:

sudo gedit /var/lib/dpkg/status

then remove all segment mentioned the culprit.

Solved.