[Bug 1010234] Re: Cannot use Update-Manager

[Lee Kennedy]

i cant install it or uninstall it. i've downloaded the bandwidthd.deb
and have attempted to install it via the ubuntu software centre. i get
an error dialog titled 'Items cannot be installed or removed until the
package catalogue is repaired. Do you want to repair it now?'. When i
click 'repair', i get another dialog which says:

'Package operation failed: 
installArchives() failed: dpkg: error processing bandwidthd:i386 (--remove):
 Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
 reinstall it before attempting a removal.
Errors were encountered while processing:
 bandwidthd:i386
Error in function: 
SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)'

so i am now stuck. is there anyway to roll back to a previous time (say
last week), or remove all traces of this package from my system?

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Title:
  Cannot use Update-Manager

Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  received the an error message today when attempting to run software
  updater:

   E:Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be
  caused by held packages.

  when running 'apt-get -f remove' in terminal I got this: 
  dpkg: error processing bandwidthd:i386 (--remove):
   Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
   reinstall it before attempting a removal.

  when running 'apt-get -f install' in terminal I got this: 
  You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
  The following packages have unmet dependencies.
   bandwidthd:i386 : Depends: ucf:i386 but it is not installable
  E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).

  running 12.04lts
  --- 
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu9
  Architecture: amd64
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  GsettingsChanges:
   com.ubuntu.update-manager first-run false
   com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1339106045
   com.ubuntu.update-manager show-details true
   com.ubuntu.update-manager window-height 647
   com.ubuntu.update-manager window-width 600
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  Package: update-manager 1:0.156.14.5
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-25.40-generic 3.2.18
  Tags:  precise
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-25-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-02 (36 days ago)
  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout fuse lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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