Fix Package is in a very bad inconsistent state
- by Benjamin Piller
I can't update my system because it freezes while installing a third-party update (zramswap-enabler)!!
Sometimes I get the following message in Update manager:
Could not initialize the package information An unresolvable problem occurred while initializing the package information.
Please report this bug against the 'update-manager' package and include the following error message:
E:The package zramswap-enabler needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
I tried to remove the zramswap-enabler, but it's impossible because I get the following message:
dpkg: error processing zramswap-enabler (--remove):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
zramswap-enabler
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Actually i would really reinstall that package, but it is unable to do it!
If i remove this third-party PPA then the system is warning me about a very very serious problem.
So why can i not install/reinstall/remove/update this package and why freezes the updater if i try to update?
-S O L U T I O N-:
Okay! Finally i found the solution for this Problem!
Step 1. Make sure that your PPA is correctly
Step 2. Remove the broken package via the following command:
sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq zramswap-enabler
Step 3. install the package again (sudo apt-get install zramswap-enabler)
Step 4. After restart (not necessary) you are able to install the updates correctly!
Actually you can fix any "Package is in a very bad inconsistent state” Issues with this solution!!!