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Thread: Can't remove or update BANDWIDTHD

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    SOLVED Can't remove or update BANDWIDTHD

    Hi all,i have installed a package "SARGE-bandwidthd_2.0.1_i386.deb" and i can't upgrade or remove it.Always getting an error message.

    Code:
    obi@LIBERTE:~$ sudo aptitude remove bandwidthd
    [sudo] password for obi: 
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree       
    Reading state information... Done
    Reading extended state information      
    Initializing package states... Done
    Writing extended state information... Done
    The following packages will be REMOVED:
      bandwidthd 
    0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
    Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 201kB will be freed.
    Writing extended state information... Done
    dpkg: error processing bandwidthd (--remove):
     Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
     reinstall it before attempting a removal.
    Errors were encountered while processing:
     bandwidthd
    E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
    A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:
    Reading package lists... Done             
    Building dependency tree       
    Reading state information... Done
    Reading extended state information      
    Initializing package states... Done
    Writing extended state information... Done
    I don't know what to do,i have tried everything i know with no success.
    Help please,regards.
    Last edited by obscur156; February 17th, 2009 at 06:03 PM. Reason: SOLVED
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    Re: Can't remove or update BANDWIDTHD

    Ok solved it using a command from another thread but i just changed the package name with mine (bandwidthd) and it worked right away.
    Thanks to plucky from this thread :
    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...t+state&page=2

    Best regards and have a nice day.
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