With caution, try this, which I am copying below:


  1. Find your package in /var/lib/dpkg/info, for example using: ls -l /var/lib/dpkg/info | grep <package>

  2. Move the package folder to another location:

    sudo mv /var/lib/dpkg/info/<package>.* /tmp/

  3. Run the following command:

    sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq <package>