Stuck package in sptitude

[Wulfy]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> Art Alexion wrote:
>
>   
>> On Monday 17 November 2008 1:18:24 pm Wulfy wrote:
>>     
>>> Art Alexion wrote:
>>>       
>>>> I assume you have tried 'sudo aptitude -f install'?
>>>>         
>>> Yes, I had.  This is the result:
>>>
>>> wulfy at wulfy-desktop:~$ sudo aptitude -f install
>>>       
> ...
>   
>>> dpkg: error processing ttf-mathematica4.1 (--purge):
>>> subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
>>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>> ttf-mathematica4.1
>>>       
>
> It's crude, and one of these days I'll break something, but generally 
> when a pre-removal script breaks I just go into /var/lib/dpkg/info and 
> remove the relevant .prerm file.  Then run "sudo dpkg --configure -a".
>
> Then *inst scripts are another matter, because they're probably trying 
> to set up something necessary, but the *rm scripts usually just leave 
> some cruft if you skip them.
>   
Bingo!  I removed the pre- and post-rm scripts and it's gone.  There is 
no cruft as nothing was actually installed...  :@)

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