Try doing this:
dpkg --purge --force-remove-reinstreq brscan4

Brian Cluff

On 10/14/2012 11:29 PM, Wayne Davis wrote:
>
> I want to get rid of this:
>
>
>
> wayne@8-Core:~$ sudo dpkg -C
>
> The following packages are in a *mess* due to serious problems during
> installation.  They must be reinstalled for them (and any packages
> that depend on them) to function properly:
> * brscan4              Brother Scanner Driver*
>
> wayne@8-Core:~$ sudo dpkg*-r *brscan4-0.2.4-0.amd64
> dpkg: warning: there's no installed package matching brscan4-0.2.4-0.amd64
>
> wayne@8-Core:~$ sudo dpkg -r brscan4-0.2.4-0.amd64*.deb*
> dpkg: error: you must specify packages by their own names, not by
> quoting the names of the files they come in
>
>
> wayne@8-Core:~$ sudo dpkg *-P *brscan4
> dpkg: error processing brscan4 (--purge):
>   Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should
>   reinstall it before attempting a removal.
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>   brscan4
>
>
> wayne@8-Core:~$ ls
>
> brscan4-0.2.4-0.amd64
>
> *
> **
> Any Ideas?*
>
>
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