[Bug 613195] Re: package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.3 failed to install/upgrade: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal.

[Jia Chen]

Hi Thierry,

I still have this issue. When I run sudo apt-get autoremove && sudo apt-
get autoclean, I get the following

sudo apt-get autoremove && sudo apt-get autoclean
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  mysql-server-5.1
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 61 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 15.7MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
dpkg: error processing mysql-server-5.1 (--remove):
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
 mysql-server-5.1
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
chenj at chenj-desktop:~$ sudo apt-get remove mysql-server
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package mysql-server is not installed, so not removed
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  mysql-server-5.1
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 62 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/7,103kB of archives.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package mysql-server-5.1.
(Reading database ... 203997 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.3 (using .../mysql-server-5.1_5.1.41-3ubuntu12.3_amd64.deb) ...

Then it hangs there. Could you tell us how the reporter fixed this
issue?

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package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.3 failed to install/upgrade: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should  reinstall it before attempting a removal.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/613195
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