corrupted file removal

[James Gray]

Fred Schuelzky wrote:
> James Gray wrote:
>> On 18/03/2008, at 12:24 PM, Fred Schuelzky wrote:
>>
>>   
>>> The other nite I tried to install goggleearth from the medibuntu site.
>>> At the EULA, yes or no prompt I became confused or crs hit me.  Now  
>>> I am
>>> unable to use update mgr.  Snyaptic gives me this message  E:
>>> goggleearth: Package is in a very inconsistant state - you should
>>> the error message stops there,  i should what?
>>>
>>> Any ideas on how to remove this corrupted package
>>>     
>> Try on the command line (xterm/gterm/etc):
>> sudo apt-get -f remove
>>
>>
>>   
> James thanks a million!  Your fix got me fixed.  I thought we were going 
> to remove the package  the sudo apt-get -f remove command actually 
> reinstalled the package.
>  When I tried the  update manager it actually  updated  googleearth to 
> the latest version.
> 
> I sure appreciate your help

No problem Fred.  Glad it all worked out for you.  The main goal with 
the "apt-get -f ..." is to get your package manager into a sane state. 
After that you can add/remove whatever you like.  To be honest, I've 
only used "-f install" when recovering from broken installs, not 
removals.  I just assumed "-f remove" would reverse the 
logic...apparently not :P  Serves me right for not testing it before 
making assertions - heheh.

Anyway, thanks for letting us know your system's back to normal.  It's 
nice to know the community still works :)

Peace,

James
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