How to fix a dpkg broken by the Brother MFC-7340 deb driver
- by Roman A. Taycher
I'm getting an apt-get error that says
E: The package brmfc7340lpr needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
(the brmfc7340lpr is a printer driver) its a local deb file, doing an dpkg or apt-get purge doesn't work, neither does apt-get install -f
How do I reinstall a package from a local deb file?
P.S.
box-name% sudo apt-get upgrade
[sudo] password for username:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: The package brmfc7340lpr needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
box-name% sudo apt-get purge brmfc7340lpr
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: The package brmfc7340lpr needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
box-name% sudo dpkg --purge brmfc7340lpr
dpkg: error processing brmfc7340lpr (--purge):
Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
brmfc7340lpr
box-name% sudo dpkg --install brmfc7340lpr-2.0.2-1.i386.deb
Selecting previously deselected package brmfc7340lpr.
(Reading database ... 725204 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace brmfc7340lpr 2.0.2-1 (using .../brmfc7340lpr-2.0.2-1.i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement brmfc7340lpr ...
start: Unknown job: lpd
dpkg: warning: subprocess old post-removal script returned error exit status 1
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
start: Unknown job: lpd
dpkg: error processing brmfc7340lpr-2.0.2-1.i386.deb (--install):
subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 1
start: Unknown job: lpd
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
brmfc7340lpr-2.0.2-1.i386.deb
box-name% sudo apt-get install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: The package brmfc7340lpr needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
box-name%
