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From: Marc Haber on 25 Jun 2010 15:48
Zico <zico(a)mailinator.com> wrote:
>dpkg: error processing flashplugin-nonfree (--remove):
> Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
> reinstall it before attempting a removal.

You should try reinstalling the package before attempting a removal.
The .deb file is probably still in /var/cache/apt/archive, so you can
try dpkg --install /var/cache/apt/archive/flashplugin-nonfree_*.deb

>Here are some of the commands I tried --- they all failed,
>with more or less the same error message.
>
>dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq flashplugin-nonfree
>dpkg --purge --force-remove-reinstreq flashplugin-nonfree
>
>apt-get -f install flashplugin-nonfree
>apt-get -f install

Can I see a full transcript of the apt-get calls?

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