[nflug] Hal is messed up

[Cyber Source]

apt-get will scream about a gazillion things if you try to remove hal. 
Do a "dpkg -r hal --force-all". Then you could do an "apt-get install 
-f", this should want to reinstall hal and anything else it needs.

Corey Reichle wrote:
> One solution to try is:
>
> apt-cache clean
> apt-get install -f
> apt-get remove hal
> apt-get install hal
> apt-get install -f
>
> This should clean the apt's chache out, and re-load hal.  If apt
> complains about a file not existing, touch a file there and re-run it.
>
> On Tue, 2008-01-22 at 04:00 -0500, Robert Stockdale IV wrote:
>   
>> I seem to have several problems with my computer since the last
>> upgrade. When I boot up or restart X and login I get an error message
>> that HAL could not be started. I fired up synaptic and it kills and
>> upgrade attempt with the error message: 
>>
>> E: /var/cache/apt/archives/hal_0.5.9.1-6ubuntu5_amd64.deb: subprocess
>> new pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
>>
>> I then decide to remove HAL so I can do a fresh install of it and I
>> get this error message 
>>
>> E: hal: Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
>>
>> However, it ends there and does not tell me what to do.
>>
>> I've tried all the usual such as 
>>
>>       apt-get -f  install
>>
>>       synaptic fix broken packages
>>
>> nothing helps. What do I need to do to resolve this, short of a
>> reinstall from CD or DVD. This is a Gutsy 7.10 on an AMD 64 system
>> with 2 Gig RAM and 500Gig SATA HD.
>>
>> Thanl you, 
>> Bob. 
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