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  1. Bug #624877
  2. Comment #5

Comment 5 for bug 624877

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Abe Froeman (abe-froeman) wrote :

I've tried to get around this first by doing:
rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock
rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock
dpkg --configure -a
apt-get install -f

But what I installed previously is now held in an inconsistent state. I can't be apt-get purge'd and it can't be properly installed. So I:
dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq <packagename>

And apt-get install something else instead. But every time it gets to upacking it locks up again.