Cannot remove package after manuall delete

[tsmets]

I manually removed Django 0.96 to upgrade to the new 1.0

rm -fR   /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django

Now when I want to do an update, I have the following error that bumps out :

E: /var/cache/apt/archives/python-django_0.96.1-2ubuntu2.1_all.deb: subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1

How do I force a removal ?

tsmets@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg  -i  python-django 
dpkg: error processing python-django (--install):
 cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
 python-django
tsmets@ubuntu:~$ sudo dpkg -l | grep django
pFR python-django                              0.96.1-2ubuntu2                                            A high-level Python Web framework

Tx for your help

\T,

[iponeverything]

find python-django_0.96.1-2ubuntu2.1_all.deb, if that was what you rm'ed.

You might still have it in /var/cache/apt/archive if you don't use google

copy it to /tmp

extract it:

cd /tmp/
dpkg-deb --extract python-django_0.96.1-2ubuntu2.1_all.deb

restore your directory:

cd /tmp/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/
mv django /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/

now remove it with "dpkg -r python-django"

that might fix things ups.. don't know as I have not tried it myself.