[Bug 684520] Re: E: sun-java6-jre: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal.

[Maarten Bezemer]

Remove the lock file by typing:

sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock

After that retry removing the java package.

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Title:
  E: sun-java6-jre: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you
  should reinstall it before attempting a removal.

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

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: update-manager

  Binary package hint: update-manager

  Cannot upgrade - got the following in a dialog

  "Software index is broken - 
  It is impossible to install or remove any software. Please use the package manager "Synaptic" or run "sudo apt-get install -f" in a terminal to fix this issue at first."

  I'm unable to reinstall or remove the sun-java6-jre package in
  synaptic and when inputting the above command in a terminal I get:

  $ sudo apt-get install -f
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  Correcting dependencies... Done
  The following packages will be REMOVED
    sun-java6-jre
  0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  1 not fully installed or removed.
  E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
  E: Unable to lock directory /var/cache/apt/archives/

  I'm using 10.10 - the Maverick Meerkat

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