[Bug 643477] Re: package nmap 5.00-3 failed to install/upgrade: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal.

[Thomas]

Thanks for the quick reply,

I found out that it was some kind of hard drive issue: while installing
nmap there was a rsync job copying over 200 GB from one drive to
another. It somehow froze the "apt-get install nmap" command at the
point of unpacking. Strange this is that I could use the computer for
everything else without slowdowns of any sorts, but trying to install
new software did not work.

After the rsync job finished, i reinstalled nmap and everything went
fine.

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package nmap 5.00-3 failed to install/upgrade: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should  reinstall it before attempting a removal.
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