package need to be reinstalled, but its not installed

[DeaD SouL]

Hello guys..

I'm using LAMPP server installed on "/opt/lampp/"

and I needed to install PHP/JAVA Bridge

so I've installed tomcat6 "sudo apt-get install tomcat6"
then downloaded & installed "php-java-bridge_5.4.4.2-3_i386.deb"

but it didn't work

thats why i wanted to remove the php-java-bridge and tomcate to reinstall them again from source, so that i can install tomcat next to lampp, then install php-java-bridge

but i could not remove them..

error notification:


synaptic manager says:


update manager:

I've selected: Partial Upgrade

I've selected: yes

but:


tried to upgrade:

[DeaD SouL]

tried to remove the package:



tried to re-install the package:


found php-java-bridge in: "/var/lib/dpkg/info/"


sorry about the images.. i just wanted to clear the problem as much as possible

any help would be greatly appreciated

thanks in advance

[DeaD SouL]

any ideas..

[DeaD SouL]

thank God, I found it

while I was reading the dpkg's manual

man dpkg

i found

remove-reinstreq: Remove a package, even if it's broken and marked to require reinstallation. This may, for example, cause parts of the package to
remain on the system, which will then be forgotten by dpkg.

so I tried it:

sudo dpkg --force-remove-reinstreq --remove php-java-bridge

and BINGO.. IT WORKED

hope it will be useful to someone, someday

regards