Sunday, August 5, 2012

Ubuntu - Force remove broken package

Error:

E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:


Solution:

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

$ sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq <broken package>
(Reading database ...
dpkg: warning: files list file for package `<broken package>' missing, assuming package has no files currently installed.
(Reading database ... 243692 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing <broken package> ...


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